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Population (year 2000): 709
Males: 347 (48.9%), Females: 362 (51.1%)
Suffolk County
Zip code:
11957
Median resident age: 54.4 years
Median household income: $45,461 (year 2000)
Median house value: $281,400 (year 2000)
Races in Orient:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.9%)
- Hispanic (1.0%)
- Korean (0.7%)
- Black (0.6%)
- Other race (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (27.4%), German (26.8%),
Irish (22.4%), Polish (14.0%), Italian (8.9%), French (4.7%).
Elevation: 10 feet
Land area: 5.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Orient
- High school or higher: 93.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 38.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 19.2%
- Unemployed: 0.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 33.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Orient CDP
- Never married: 14.2%
- Now married: 62.1%
- Separated: 2.1%
- Widowed: 11.4%
- Divorced: 10.1%
7.8% Foreign born (5.5% Europe, 0.8% Asia).
Hospitals/medical centers near Orient:
- EASTERN LONG ISLAND HOSPITAL (about 7 miles;
GREENPORT, NY)
- SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; SOUTHAMPTON,
NY)
- LAWRENCE & MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; NEW
LONDON, CT)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Orient:
- GROTON-NEW LONDON (about 22 miles; GROTON NEW
LONDON, CT; ID: GON)
- TWEED-NEW HAVEN (about 42 miles; NEW HAVEN, CT; ID:
HVN)
- HARTFORD-BRAINARD (about 48 miles; HARTFORD, CT; ID:
HFD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Orient:
- EAST HAMPTON (about 14 miles; EAST HAMPTON, NY; ID:
HTO)
- GRISWOLD (about 19 miles; MADISON, CT; ID: N04)
- MATTITUCK (about 20 miles; MATTITUCK, NY; ID: 21N)
Amtrak stations near Orient:
- 13 miles: OLD SAYBROOK (455 BOSTON POST RD.).
Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for
taxi service, public transit connection.
- 20 miles: NEW LONDON (27 WATER ST.). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, paid
short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car
rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus service,
public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Orient:
- SUNY AT STONY BROOK (about 29 miles; STONY BROOK,
NY; Full-time enrollment: 16,829)
- WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; MIDDLETOWN, CT;
FT enrollment: 2,993)
- EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY (about 40
miles; WILLIMANTIC, CT; FT enrollment: 4,165)
- UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (about 46 miles; STORRS,
CT; FT enrollment: 16,952)
- GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; NEW
HAVEN, CT; FT enrollment: 2,100)
- QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; HAMDEN, CT;
FT enrollment: 5,836)
- YALE UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; NEW HAVEN, CT; FT
enrollment: 11,011)
Public primary/middle school in Orient:
- OYSTERPONDS ES (Students: 106; Location:
23405 MAIN ROAD; Grades: KG - 06)
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