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Population (year 2000): 25,395
Males: 12,653 (49.8%), Females: 12,742 (50.2%)
Zip code:
11967
Median resident age: 31.9 years
Median household income: $57,294 (year 2000)
Median house value: $122,000 (year 2000)
Races in Shirley:
- White Non-Hispanic (82.7%)
- Hispanic (10.8%)
- Black (3.3%)
- Other race (2.8%)
- Two or more races (2.6%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (38.6%), Irish (25.4%),
German (19.0%), Polish (6.9%), English (4.2%), United States
(3.1%).
Land area: 11.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Shirley
- High school or higher: 81.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
- Unemployed: 5.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Shirley CDP
- Never married: 30.1%
- Now married: 54.4%
- Separated: 2.9%
- Widowed: 5.5%
- Divorced: 7.1%
8.0% Foreign born (3.7% Europe, 2.3% Latin
America, 1.7% Asia).
Hospitals/medical centers near Shirley:
- BROOKHAVEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles;
PATCHOGUE, NY)
- JOHN T MATHER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles;
PORT JEFFERSON, NY)
- ST CHARLES HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; PORT JEFFERSON,
NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Shirley:
- LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (about 16 miles; ISLIP, NY;
ID: ISP)
- IGOR I SIKORSKY MEMORIAL (about 30 miles;
BRIDGEPORT, CT; ID: BDR)
- TWEED-NEW HAVEN (about 32 miles; NEW HAVEN, CT; ID:
HVN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Shirley:
- BROOKHAVEN (about 2 miles; SHIRLEY, NY; ID: HWV)
- LUFKER (about 9 miles; EAST MORICHES, NY; ID: O00)
- SPADARO (about 10 miles; EAST MORICHES, NY; ID: 1N2)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Shirley:
- SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE-SUFFOLK CAMPUS (about 10
miles; PATCHOGUE, NY; Full-time enrollment: 2,617)
- SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-AMMERMAN CAMPUS
(about 13 miles; SELDEN, NY; FT enrollment: 6,992)
- SUNY AT STONY BROOK (about 19 miles; STONY BROOK,
NY; FT enrollment: 16,829)
- DOWLING COLLEGE (about 19 miles; OAKDALE, NY; FT
enrollment: 3,747)
- SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-WESTERN CAMPUS
(about 26 miles; BRENTWOOD, NY; FT enrollment: 3,485)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN (about 34 miles; WEST HAVEN,
CT; FT enrollment: 3,081)
- GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 36 miles; NEW
HAVEN, CT; FT enrollment: 2,100)
Public primary/middle schools in Shirley:
- JOHN S. HOBART ES (Students: 921; Location:
230 VAN BUREN ST; Grades: KG - 05)
- NATHANIEL WOODHULL ES (Students: 853;
Location: 6 FRANCIS LANDAU PL; Grades: KG - 05)
- WILLIAM FLOYD ES (Students: 852; Location:
111 LEXINGTON RD; Grades: KG - 05)
Library in Shirley:
- MASTICS-MORICHES-SHIRLEY COMMUNITY LIB
(Operating income: $5,209,324; Location: 407 WILLIAM
FLOYD PARKWAY; 226,543 books; 14,446 audio materials;
20,138 video materials; 578 serial subscriptions)
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