AreaProfile

North Amityville, New York

Area Profile

21,138 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for North Amityville, in Suffolk County.

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How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 25% of 3,904 published cities69
Housing affordabilityTop 39% of 4,223 published cities87
Climate2078th of 4,223 published cities70
Physical resilienceTop 3% of 4,182 published cities95
AccessTop 50% of 4,226 published cities92
Economic stabilityTop 10% of 4,226 published cities78
The quick read

North Amityville ranks in the top 25% of published city profiles for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 3.6% and median household income of $136,654.

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published city profiles, placing North Amityville in the top 3% for physical resilience.

A major airport is 20 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
21,138
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$136,654
Top 7% nationally
Density
8,968/sq mi
2.4 sq mi of land
Median age
37.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Suffolk County
New York
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Nearest major airport
JFK
20 mi · John F Kennedy Intl
Median home value
$466,500
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.6% is lower than 80% of the 3,904 measured US cities.

Employment fell 0.5% over the past year, to 783,298 employed residents.

Household income is higher than at least 93% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$19,294$136,654Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,047$43,259Top 26%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate6.0%Bottom 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute31.0 minTop 30%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher28.2%Top 33%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment783,298Top 7%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-1.0%Bottom 32%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.5%Top 43%June 2026
Labor force812,301Top 7%June 2026
Labor force participation76.6%Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$86,310Top 17%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$61,430Top 19%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.4%Top 36%June 2026
Unemployment rate3.6%Bottom 20%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024137k84k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $136,654 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides644,700$39,680
Retail Salespersons202,080$38,280
Registered Nurses197,740$119,720
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners183,030$42,840
General and Operations Managers177,850$157,000
Cashiers173,830$35,950

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Suffolk County, NY, which contains this city.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $2,467 takes 22% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.4 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
21.7%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.4×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$2,467
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$466,500
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.41Top 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate63.5%Bottom 26%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4275,884Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$396$2,467Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$18,326$466,500Top 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income21.7%Top 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate5.8%Bottom 32%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 83°F and January a low of 25°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 38.3 inches.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station FARMINGDALE AP, 2.3 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND3.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation38.3"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low25°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high83°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing43°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

95 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, coastal flooding and earthquake.

Coastal floodingElevated
HurricaneElevated
EarthquakeModerate
Heat waveModerate
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning, ice storm, cold wave, tornado, wildfire, hail, drought.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. Reported crime is also easy to misread: agency participation varies year to year, and a city that draws a large daytime workforce carries incidents its residents did not generate.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

4 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 20 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
John F Kennedy IntlJFK20 mi14,511 ft
Newark Liberty IntlEWR40 mi9,999 ft
New York Stewart IntlSWF66 mi11,817 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
New YorkNew York County8,483,84464vs North Amityville
NewarkEssex County310,17849vs North Amityville
Jersey CityHudson County294,07861vs North Amityville
YonkersWestchester County209,97862vs North Amityville
PatersonPassaic County158,73543vs North Amityville
ElizabethUnion County137,30253vs North Amityville
Toms RiverOcean County94,956vs North Amityville
CliftonPassaic County89,37961vs North Amityville
New RochelleWestchester County82,76966vs North Amityville
Mount VernonWestchester County72,42756vs North Amityville
BayonneHudson County71,55354vs North Amityville
East OrangeEssex County70,09050vs North Amityville

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.