PlainZIP

Stony Brook, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Stony Brook, NY: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 21,676. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage

ACS city ledger plate

Sheet STONY-BROOK-NY · Stony Brook, NY 2 ZIPs · 21,676 pop · #482/25278 · Suffolk County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $171,133
  • RANK-TOP #482/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Huntington Stati
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-HIGH 91% owners
  • POP-TOWN 21,676
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $624,000

Nearest income peer: Huntington Station, NY ( $6,544 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 Stony Brook

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Stony Brook 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, Stony Brook, NY sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 2%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
21,676
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$171,133
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 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $171,133 and home value $624,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 85.0%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (90.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New York, Center Moriches is the closest lower-income city and Northport the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Stony Brook.

Population concentration

ZIP 11790 swallows Stony Brook's short list

Across only 2 ZIPs, 11790 still holds about 85% of Stony Brook's 21,676 residents. The secondary codes are thin edges; treat the city average as a near-reprint of the lead ZIP.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Stony Brook

Citywide ZBP: 555 establishments, 16,659 employees , annual payroll $1,335,964k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 11790 (502 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (122) · also Accommodation and food services · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Stony Brook, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Suffolk County, which covers 107 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Stony Brook. See the Suffolk County roll-up →

Stony Brook sits in the upper half of Suffolk County on income: Huntington Station, Bay Shore and Lindenhurst report less, while Huntington reports more. Patchogue marks the far end of that range at $105,245, 39% below Stony Brook.

Side-by-side: Compare 11790 vs 11794 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
11790 18,511 $171,133 502 998
11794 3,165 n/a 53 4,324
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Stony Brook 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 Stony Brook, .