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Census Tract 1242, Suffolk, NY

6,305 Population
1 square miles 6,444.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±4.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lindenhurst: 38.1 ±1.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Suffolk County: 41.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$44,819 ±$8,349 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lindenhurst: $48,673 ±$3,613
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $57,164 ±$655
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$126,875 ±$17,853 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lindenhurst: $130,128 ±$8,489
  • a little less than the amount in Suffolk County: $130,686 ±$1,707
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

2.9% ±2.6% (183  ±167) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Lindenhurst: 5.7% † 1,538 (±2.5% / ±680)
  • about half the rate in Suffolk County: 6.4% 96,529 (±0.3% / ±4,446)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

33.2 minutes ±2.1 (95,190  ±20,580) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Lindenhurst: 32.2 398,815 (±1.2 / ±27,448)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 31.1 20,954,200 (±0.3 / ±247,243)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

1,975 ±235 Number of households
  • Lindenhurst: 8,452 ±382
  • Suffolk County: 512,565 ±1,647
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
3.2 ±0.3 (6,299  ±900) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lindenhurst: 3.2 27,096 (±0.2 / ±52)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 2.9 1,500,679 (±0 / ±452)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

12.6% ±8.8% (143  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Lindenhurst: 6.8% † 414 (±2.6% / ±165)
  • more than double the rate in Suffolk County: 5.3% 17,631 (±0.4% / ±1,232)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

2,202 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Lindenhurst: 9,117 ±379
  • Suffolk County: 580,772 ±234
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$510,600 ±$45,530 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lindenhurst: $521,500 ±$23,526
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $578,400 ±$2,887
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

5.6% ±3% (335  ±187) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lindenhurst: 4% † 1,056 (±1.1% / ±289.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Suffolk County: 7.2% 109,537 (±0.3% / ±4,301.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

92% ±6.3% (3,942  ±571.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lindenhurst: 90.7% 17,143 (±4.1% / ±1,010.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 90.4% 972,852 (±0.7% / ±7,590.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
38% ±6.4% (1,630  ±342.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lindenhurst: 32% 6,040 (±2.4% / ±507.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Suffolk County: 40.2% 432,600 (±0.5% / ±4,847.2)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

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

12.7% ±4.8% (799  ±324) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lindenhurst: 15.8% † 4,295 (±2.5% / ±667)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Suffolk County: 16.8% 257,333
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

3.5% ±2.1% (163  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lindenhurst: 3.7% † 776 (±1% / ±213)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 4% 48,220 (±0.1% / ±1,613)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
163 Total veterans ±101 163 Male ±101 N/A Female ±19

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