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Demographics

People

Total Population	1,373
Male Share of the Population	53.6%
Female Share of the Population	46.4%
Senior Citizens	13.5%
Employed Population 16+	670
Age of the Population	46

Families

% of people married	57.8%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	54.9%
Median Earnings25+	$90,144
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$52,344

Wealth

Median Family Income	$152,292
% Above Poverty Level	93.8%
% Below Poverty Level	6.2%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	30 minutes
% Working from Home	4.3%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0.3%
% Using Public Transportation	6.7%

Housing

People Living Alone	12.5%
Median Gross Rent	$2,408
Median House Value	$631,000

Ancestry

Italian	32.4%
Irish	31.3%
German	15.1%
English	12.5%
French Except Basque	7.3%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	6%
Austrian	1.9%
Polish	1.4%
Norwegian	1.1%
Scottish	0.7%
Israeli	0.6%
Danishn	0.5%
Hungarian	0.4%
Czech	0.4%
Romanian	0.3%
Slovak	0.2%
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Great River Almanac

Category	Value
County	Suffolk County
P.O. Box Zip Codes	11739
Phone Area Codes	631
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	40.73
Approximate Longitude	-73.16

Great River Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	ISLIP LI MACARTHUR AP
Distance	6.2 miles
Jan Temp	23 to 39 F
Apr Temp	40 to 58 F
Jul Temp	66 to 83 F
Oct Temp	45 to 64 F
Annual Precip	46.5 inches

Station	PATCHOGUE 2 N
Distance	9.9 miles
Jan Temp	22 to 39 F
Apr Temp	39 to 59 F
Jul Temp	64 to 83 F
Oct Temp	45 to 64 F
Annual Precip	50.2 inches

Station	WANTAGH CEDAR CREEK
Distance	18.6 miles
Jan Temp	24 to 37 F
Apr Temp	40 to 55 F
Jul Temp	67 to 81 F
Oct Temp	47 to 62 F
Annual Precip	42.9 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Bohemia	9,293	$119,882
East Islip	13,563	$144,680
Islip Terrace	5,529	$128,684
Oakdale	7,231	$134,063
West Sayville	4,806	$124,184

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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