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Wantagh, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wantagh, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 32,298. 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 WANTAGH-NY · Wantagh, NY 1 ZIPs · 32,298 pop · #541/25278 · Nassau County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $167,068
  • RANK-TOP #541/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over New Hyde Park
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 95% owners
  • POP-SMALL 32,298
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $659,500

Nearest income peer: New Hyde Park, NY ( $12,372 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 Wantagh

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

Top 2%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
32,298
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$167,068
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 $167,068 and home value $659,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 50.5%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (95.3%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Wantagh's single ZIP 11793 carries the town

Wantagh is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 11793 is the entire residential footprint (32,298 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 Wantagh's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 838 establishments, 6,145 employees , annual payroll $318,578k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 11793 (838 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (128) · also Construction · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Wantagh, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Nassau County, which covers 70 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Wantagh. See the Nassau County roll-up →

No other city sharing Nassau County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Wantagh. Valley Stream, Hempstead and Massapequa sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Hempstead marks the far end of that range at $92,677, 45% below Wantagh.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
11793 32,298 $167,068 838 1,315
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Wantagh 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 Wantagh, .