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Sound Beach, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sound Beach, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 7,895. 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 SOUND-BEACH-NY · Sound Beach, NY 1 ZIPs · 7,895 pop · #1507/25278 · Suffolk County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $131,528
  • RANK-TOP #1507/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Babylon
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-TOWN 7,895
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $428,500

Nearest income peer: West Babylon, NY ( $2,333 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 Sound Beach

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Sound Beach 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, Sound Beach, NY sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 6%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
7,895
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$131,528
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $131,528 and home value $428,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 46.3%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.7%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Sound Beach reads through its lone ZIP, 11789

7,895 ACS residents, one ZIP: 11789 is not the leading code inside Sound Beach, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Sound Beach

Citywide ZBP: 101 establishments, 213 employees , annual payroll $8,156k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 11789 (101 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (21) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Sound Beach, NY

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

Sound Beach lands mid-pack among the 11 cities sharing Suffolk County: Huntington Station, Huntington and Smithtown earn more and Bay Shore, Lindenhurst and Patchogue earn less. Huntington marks the far end of that range at $183,187, 39% above Sound Beach.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
11789 7,895 $131,528 101 1,792
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Sound Beach 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 Sound Beach, .