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East Setauket, NY population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of East Setauket, New York (East Setauket, NY — Census place “East Setauket CDP”) is 10,385 residents, ranking #191 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $149,820, the median home is worth $613,300 and median gross rent runs $2,189 a month. Looking for the East Setauket New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve East Setauket, NY: 11733.
- Population
- 10,385East Setauket CDP residents
- Median household income
- $149,820Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $613,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,189Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 88.2%Owner-occupied households
East Setauket ZIP codes (New York)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps East Setauket.
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What the numbers mean in East Setauket CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the East Setauket CDP median would spend about 17.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.8% of residents and 88.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
East Setauket CDP, NY in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
East Setauket CDP is a mid-size town in New York, with 10,385 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #191 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 43.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in East Setauket CDP earn a median of $149,820 a year, 90.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 63% above the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 3.8% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in East Setauket CDP is valued at $613,300, 102.1% above the national figure and 94% above the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,189 a month, 55.7% above the national figure, or roughly $26,268 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 88.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of East Setauket CDP?
- East Setauket CDP has 10,385 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #191 of 1,292 in New York.
- What is the median household income in East Setauket CDP?
- Median household income in East Setauket CDP is $149,820 a year, 90.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in East Setauket CDP?
- Median gross rent is $2,189 a month and the median home value is $613,300, so rent absorbs about 17.5% of median household income.
- Is East Setauket CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so East Setauket CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this East Setauket CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.