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New York·Suffolk County
10 tracts·28K people·$515K median·3,093/mi²
White 67 · Hispanic 17 · Asian 8 · Black 4 · Multiracial 2 · Other 1
Married couple 65 · Other 20 · Living alone 15
Health 47 · Retail 18 · Professional 13 · Leisure 13 · Manufacturing 5 · Public admin 1 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 42 · Sales · office 19 · Service 19 · Construction · maintenance 10 · Production · transport 9
Drive alone 77 · Carpool 17 · Work from home 11 · Transit 1 · Walk 0 · Bike 0
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Centereach is $514,800 (Census ACS) — 1.1× the US median of $458,812.
Centereach has 31,839 residents across 6 census tracts and 5 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 38.4; the population is 66.8% White, 17.3% Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% Asian, 4.4% Black, 2.3% Multiracial and 0.7% Other; the average household has 3.3 people; 35.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 5.3% (Census ACS).
NORTH COLEMAN ROAD SCHOOL (46%), OXHEAD ROAD SCHOOL (45%) and HOLBROOK ROAD SCHOOL (32%) lead the elementary schools; DAWNWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL (42%) and SELDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL (37%) lead the middle schools; CENTEREACH HIGH SCHOOL (83%) and NEWFIELD HIGH SCHOOL (78%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $2,420/month, 53% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Centereach is $132,240 a year, 54% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Centereach, median rent is $2,420/month and the median home value is $514,800 (Census ACS).
Centereach reported 0.5 violent crimes and 5.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR via Suffolk County Police Department, 2023).
Summer highs average 81°F; winter lows average 27°F; there are 107 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 48 inches; snowfall averages 32 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Centereach are winter weather (66), earthquake (62) and ice storm (60), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.20g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Centereach, 0.4% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).