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Brookhaven town, Suffolk County, NY

492,778 Population
259.6 square miles 1,897.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Suffolk County: 41.6 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,863 ±$1,838 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $55,754 ±$1,241
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$115,085 ±$5,147 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $126,863 ±$3,298
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.4% ±1.2% (35,166  ±5,651) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 6.5% 98,520 (±0.5% / ±8,121)
  • about half the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.2 minutes ±0.6 (6,896,485  ±276,562) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 31.3 21,662,976 (±0.7 / ±583,901)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

165,340 ±4,063 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 509,892 ±4,437
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.9 ±0.1 (475,605  ±603) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 3 1,502,480 (±0 / ±1,214)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±1.4% (5,809  ±1,538) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 4.9% † 16,460 (±0.7% / ±2,180)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

181,347 ±4,172 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 582,899 ±435
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$556,100 ±$10,495 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $626,300 ±$4,881
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8% ±1.1% (38,958  ±5,543.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Suffolk County: 6% 91,054 (±0.5% / ±8,103.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92% ±2.5% (313,199  ±9,765.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 90.4% 980,240 (±1.5% / ±15,951.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.1% ±1.6% (119,444  ±5,880.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 39.9% 432,438 (±0.9% / ±10,223.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

14.3% ±1.5% (70,647  ±7,295) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 17.8% 274,055
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±0.5% (16,256  ±1,947) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 3.5% 43,084 (±0.3% / ±3,309)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
16,256 Total veterans ±1,947 15,236 Male ±1,865 1,020 Female ±536

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