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Wading River, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wading River, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 8,523. 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 WADING-RIVER-NY · Wading River, NY 1 ZIPs · 8,523 pop · #957/25278 · Suffolk County

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

  • INC-TOP $146,174
  • RANK-TOP #957/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Smithtown
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-TOWN 8,523
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $597,300

Nearest income peer: Smithtown, NY ( $3,073 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 Wading River

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

Top 4%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
8,523
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$146,174
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 $146,174 and home value $597,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 46.8%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (99.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 11792, is all of Wading River

There is no split to weigh here: 11792 holds every one of Wading River's 8,523 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Wading River's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 233 establishments, 2,020 employees , annual payroll $95,881k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 11792 (233 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (41) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Wading River, NY

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

Wading River sits in the upper half of Suffolk County on income: Bay Shore, Lindenhurst and Patchogue report less, while Huntington Station, Huntington and East Northport report more. Patchogue marks the far end of that range at $105,245, 28% below Wading River.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
11792 8,523 $146,174 233 334
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Wading River 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 Wading River, .