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Population (year 2000): 981
Males: 458 (46.7%), Females: 523 (53.3%)
Suffolk County
Zip code:
11965
Median resident age: 56.2 years
Median household income: $65,446 (year 2000)
Median house value: $319,100 (year 2000)
Races in Shelter Island Heights:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.8%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
Ancestries: English (28.4%), German (26.3%),
Irish (19.2%), Italian (9.9%), Polish (8.7%), Scottish (6.6%).
Land area: 5.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Shelter Island Heights
- High school or higher: 97.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 49.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 24.5%
- Unemployed: 0.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Shelter Island Heights CDP
- Never married: 16.3%
- Now married: 67.8%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 10.4%
- Divorced: 4.1%
4.3% Foreign born (3.1% Europe, 0.8% Oceania).
Hospitals/medical centers near Shelter Island Heights:
- EASTERN LONG ISLAND HOSPITAL (about 3 miles;
GREENPORT, NY)
- SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; SOUTHAMPTON,
NY)
- UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; SUNY STONY
BROOK, NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Shelter Island Heights:
- GROTON-NEW LONDON (about 28 miles; GROTON NEW
LONDON, CT; ID: GON)
- TWEED-NEW HAVEN (about 39 miles; NEW HAVEN, CT; ID:
HVN)
- HARTFORD-BRAINARD (about 50 miles; HARTFORD, CT; ID:
HFD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Shelter Island
Heights:
- EAST HAMPTON (about 12 miles; EAST HAMPTON, NY; ID:
HTO)
- MATTITUCK (about 14 miles; MATTITUCK, NY; ID: 21N)
- GRISWOLD (about 19 miles; MADISON, CT; ID: N04)
Amtrak station near Shelter Island Heights:
- 16 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.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Shelter Island Heights:
- SUNY AT STONY BROOK (about 23 miles; STONY BROOK,
NY; Full-time enrollment: 16,829)
- WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; MIDDLETOWN, CT;
FT enrollment: 2,993)
- GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; NEW
HAVEN, CT; FT enrollment: 2,100)
- YALE UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; NEW HAVEN, CT; FT
enrollment: 11,011)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN (about 45 miles; WEST HAVEN,
CT; FT enrollment: 3,081)
- QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; HAMDEN, CT;
FT enrollment: 5,836)
- EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY (about 45
miles; WILLIMANTIC, CT; FT enrollment: 4,165)
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