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Port Jefferson Station, NY

7,676 Population
2.6 square miles 2,906.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,789 ±$7,090 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$120,734 ±$15,144 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.8% ±7.2% (747  ±558) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.7 minutes ±7.2 (92,945  ±13,756) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,640 ±278 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,409,947 ±10,406
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.3 (7,589  ±1,106) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±3.6% (96  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,244 (±0.1% / ±4,356)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,886 ±238 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,038,666 ±1,324
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$507,900 ±$37,490 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $614,200 ±$1,348
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±5.4% (838  ±424.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 1,801,060 (±0.1% / ±19,484.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.1% ±15% (4,643  ±536.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
41.7% ±4.1% (2,126  ±324.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.2% 6,168,034 (±0.2% / ±20,817.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

22.2% ±4.5% (1,702  ±422) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.5% ±0.8% (86  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
86 Total veterans ±48 79 Male ±47 7 Female ±12

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