
New York · Census place 66047
Sea Cliff, NY population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Sea Cliff, New York (Sea Cliff, NY — Census place “Sea Cliff village”) is 5,037 residents, ranking #356 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $185,650, the median home is worth $926,500 and median gross rent runs $2,268 a month. Looking for the Sea Cliff New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sea Cliff, NY: 11579.
- Population
- 5,037Sea Cliff village residents
- Median household income
- $185,650Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $926,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,268Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 81.9%Owner-occupied households
Sea Cliff ZIP codes (New York)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sea Cliff.
The Sea Cliff NY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Sea Cliff village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Sea Cliff village median would spend about 14.7% 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 5.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 1.6% of residents and 81.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Sea Cliff village, NY in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Sea Cliff village is a mid-size town in New York, with 5,037 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #356 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 72% of them. The median age here is 41.3 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 Sea Cliff village earn a median of $185,650 a year, 136.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 102% above the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 1.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Sea Cliff village is valued at $926,500, 205.4% above the national figure and 193% above the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,268 a month, 61.3% above the national figure, or roughly $27,216 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.7% 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 5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 81.9% 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.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in New York.
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- Grandyle Village CDP 5,000
- Liberty village 5,083
- Northwest Harbor CDP 4,966
- Carle Place CDP 5,094
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Sea Cliff village?
- Sea Cliff village has 5,037 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #356 of 1,292 in New York.
- What is the median household income in Sea Cliff village?
- Median household income in Sea Cliff village is $185,650 a year, 136.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sea Cliff village?
- Median gross rent is $2,268 a month and the median home value is $926,500, so rent absorbs about 14.7% of median household income.
- Is Sea Cliff village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sea Cliff village is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Sea Cliff village 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.