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Population (year 2000): 448,248. Estimated
population in July 2005: 472,122 (+5.3% change)
Males: 220,398 (49.2%), Females: 227,850 (50.8%)
Suffolk County
Zip code:
11719
Median resident age: 35.2 years
Median household income: $62,475 (year 2000)
Median house value: $159,100 (year 2000)
Races in Brookhaven:
- White Non-Hispanic (83.4%)
- Hispanic (8.0%)
- Black (4.3%)
- Other race (2.2%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- Chinese (1.1%)
- Asian Indian (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (32.8%), Irish (25.1%),
German (19.5%), Polish (6.0%), English (6.0%), United States
(2.8%).
Land area: 6.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Brookhaven
- High school or higher: 86.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 11.2%
- Unemployed: 4.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 32.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Brookhaven town
- Never married: 26.8%
- Now married: 57.9%
- Separated: 2.1%
- Widowed: 6.1%
- Divorced: 7.0%
8.9% Foreign born (3.1% Europe, 2.8% Latin
America, 2.6% Asia).
Hospitals/medical centers near Brookhaven:
- BROOKHAVEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 6 miles;
PATCHOGUE, NY)
- JOHN T MATHER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles;
PORT JEFFERSON, NY)
- ST CHARLES HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; PORT JEFFERSON,
NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Brookhaven:
- LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (about 13 miles; ISLIP, NY;
ID: ISP)
- IGOR I SIKORSKY MEMORIAL (about 30 miles;
BRIDGEPORT, CT; ID: BDR)
- TWEED-NEW HAVEN (about 33 miles; NEW HAVEN, CT; ID:
HVN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Brookhaven:
- BROOKHAVEN (about 6 miles; SHIRLEY, NY; ID: HWV)
- BAYPORT AERODROME (about 10 miles; BAYPORT, NY; ID:
23N)
- LUFKER (about 12 miles; EAST MORICHES, NY; ID: O00)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Brookhaven:
- SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE-SUFFOLK CAMPUS (about 6 miles;
PATCHOGUE, NY; Full-time enrollment: 2,617)
- SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-AMMERMAN CAMPUS
(about 11 miles; SELDEN, NY; FT enrollment: 6,992)
- DOWLING COLLEGE (about 15 miles; OAKDALE, NY; FT
enrollment: 3,747)
- SUNY AT STONY BROOK (about 22 miles; STONY BROOK,
NY; FT enrollment: 16,829)
- SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-WESTERN CAMPUS
(about 23 miles; BRENTWOOD, NY; FT enrollment: 3,485)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN (about 35 miles; WEST HAVEN,
CT; FT enrollment: 3,081)
- FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; FAIRFIELD, CT;
FT enrollment: 4,197)
Public high school in Brookhaven:
- BELLPORT SHS (Students: 1,357; Location:
BEAVER DAM RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Brookhaven:
- BROOKHAVEN ES (Students: 721; Location:
FIREPLACE NECK RD; Grades: PK - 03)
- BROOKHAVEN ANNEX (Students: 29; Location:
FIREPLACE NECK RD; Grades: UG - UG)
Library in Brookhaven:
- BROOKHAVEN FREE LIBRARY (Operating income:
$425,524; Location: 273 BEAVER DAM ROAD; 29,400 books;
1,277 audio materials; 2,924 video materials; 149 serial
subscriptions)
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