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Riverhead, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Riverhead, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 27,172. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet RIVERHEAD-NY · Riverhead, NY 1 ZIPs · 27,172 pop · #7696/25278 · Suffolk County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $85,061
  • RANK-UPPER #7696/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Patchogue
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 70% owners
  • POP-SMALL 27,172
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $453,800

Nearest income peer: Patchogue, NY (+ $20,184 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Riverhead

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Riverhead on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Riverhead, NY sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 30%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
27,172
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$85,061
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 11901 (27,172 residents). Household income $85,061 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (70.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Riverhead as a pure owner town.

Within New York, York is the closest lower-income city and Strykersville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Riverhead.

Population concentration

Riverhead's single ZIP 11901 carries the town

Riverhead is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 11901 is the entire residential footprint (27,172 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Riverhead's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,288 establishments, 14,663 employees , annual payroll $840,698k (~47 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 11901 (1,288 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (287) · also Construction · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Riverhead, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Suffolk County, which covers 107 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Riverhead. See the Suffolk County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Suffolk County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Riverhead, Huntington Station, Bay Shore and Lindenhurst among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Huntington marks the far end of that range at $183,187, 115% above Riverhead.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
11901 27,172 $85,061 1,288 190
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Riverhead roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Riverhead, .