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Population (year 2000): 14,533
Males: 7,066 (48.6%), Females: 7,467 (51.4%)
Suffolk County
Zip codes:
11747.
Median resident age: 39.1 years
Median household income: $92,527 (year 2000)
Median house value: $336,800 (year 2000)
Races in Melville:
- White Non-Hispanic (87.5%)
- Hispanic (3.7%)
- Asian Indian (2.1%)
- Black (2.1%)
- Chinese (1.5%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- Other race (1.0%)
- Korean (0.7%)
- Other Asian (0.6%)
Ancestries: Italian (26.6%), Irish (10.8%),
German (10.7%), Russian (8.2%), Polish (6.6%), United States
(5.5%).
Elevation: 160 feet
Land area: 11.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Melville
- High school or higher: 92.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 48.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 23.6%
- Unemployed: 3.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 34.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Melville CDP
- Never married: 20.3%
- Now married: 66.8%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 7.1%
- Divorced: 4.6%
10.4% Foreign born (4.3% Asia, 3.2% Europe, 1.9%
Latin America).
Hospitals/medical centers near Melville:
- NORTH SHORE UNIV HOSP AT PLAINVIEW (about 6 miles;
PLAINVIEW, NY)
- HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; HUNTINGTON, NY)
- NEW ISLAND HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; BETHPAGE, NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Melville:
- REPUBLIC (about 6 miles; FARMINGDALE, NY; ID: FRG)
- LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (about 22 miles; ISLIP, NY;
ID: ISP)
- JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (about 28 miles; NEW YORK, NY;
ID: JFK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Melville:
- SANDS POINT (about 21 miles; PORT WASHINGTON, NY;
ID: 7N3)
- BAYPORT AERODROME (about 25 miles; BAYPORT, NY; ID:
23N)
- EVERS (about 28 miles; NEW YORK, NY; ID: 6N6)
Amtrak station near Melville:
- 20 miles: STAMFORD (WASHINGTON BLVD. & E. STATE
ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term
parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental
service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
Colleges/Universities in Melville:
- CAREER BLAZERS LEARNING CENTER OF MELVILLE
(Full-time enrollment: 267; Location: 445 BROADHOLLOW
RD; Private, for-profit)
- KATHARINE GIBBS SCHOOL-MELVILLE (FT
enrollment: 171; Location: 320 S SERVICE RD; Private,
for-profit; Website: www.gibbslongisland.com)
- COURT REPORTING INSTITUTE (Location: 535
BROAD HOLLOW; Private, for-profit)
- ON THE RECORD SCHOOL OF REPORTING (Location:
535 BROADHOLLOW RD; Private, for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Melville:
- SUNY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AT FARMINGDALE (about 6
miles; FARMINGDALE, NY; Full-time enrollment: 3,831)
- SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-WESTERN CAMPUS
(about 12 miles; BRENTWOOD, NY; FT enrollment: 3,485)
- NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-OLD WESTBURY (about
14 miles; OLD WESTBURY, NY; FT enrollment: 4,459)
- SUNY COLLEGE AT OLD WESTBURY (about 14 miles; OLD
WESTBURY, NY; FT enrollment: 2,594)
- HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; HEMPSTEAD, NY;
FT enrollment: 10,842)
- LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY-C W POST CAMPUS (about 16
miles; BROOKVILLE, NY; FT enrollment: 6,605)
- NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 17 miles; GARDEN
CITY, NY; FT enrollment: 13,710)
Public primary/middle schools in Melville:
- WEST HOLLOW MS (Students: 1,279; Location:
250 OLD EAST NECK RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- BIRCHWOOD IS (Students: 711; Location: 121
WOLF HILL RD; Grades: 03 - 05)
- SUNQUAM ES (Students: 663; Location: 515
SWEET HOLLOW RD; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle school in Melville:
- CRESTWOOD COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL (Students: 284;
Location: 313 ROUND SWAMP RD; Grades: PK - 9)
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