Community Profile - Incorporated Village of Islandia - Town of Islip, Long Island, New York

Village of Islandia | 1100 Old Nichols Road | Islandia, N.Y. 11749

Covered wagons are a popular feature of Islandia farmland.

Community Profile

Facts and figures about the Village of Islandia, based on information from the United States Census Bureau.

The Village of Islandia is located in the northern region of the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York. It has a total area of 2.2 square miles.

According to the 2000 United States Census, 3,057 people live in the Village of Islandia. There are 1,007 households and 753 families.

The population density is 1,369.6 persons per square mile.

The Village is racially diverse. 73.63 percent of the people are White, 12.3 percent are African American, 0.13 percent Native American, 6.05 percent Asian, 0.03 percent Pacific Islander, 4.94 percent from other races, and 2.91 percent from two or more races. Persons with Hispanic or Latino heritage who are members of any race comprised 19.10 percent of the population.

There are 1,007 households — 35.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them and 59.8 percent had married couples living together. The average household and family comprised of between 3 and 4 persons.

In the Village, 24.7 percent of the people are under the age of 18; 6.9 percent are between 18 and 24; 36.3 percent are from 25 to 44; 25.1 percent are from 45 to 64, and 7 percent are 65 years of age or older.

The median age is 36 years.

The median household income is $69,519 and the median income for a family is $69,615. Males had a median income of $46,083 and females had a median income of $34,261. The per capita income is $25,682.

About 4 percent of families and 5.5 percent of the population were below the poverty line ($9,800 annual income for an individual, $16,600 for a family of three), including 7.1 percent of those persons under the age of 18 and 11.3 percent of those age 65 or over.

Facts

• Islandia is one of four incorporated villages in the Town of Islip. The others are Brightwaters, Ocean Beach and Saltaire.

• The only other incorporated municipality with the name Islandia is located in Miami-Dade County, Florida (east of Homestead, along Biscayne Bay). That Islandia encompasses 66.4 square miles, but has a population of just 6 people, according to the United States Census Bureau.