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A town of 2,220, settled in 1664.
The best of Bellport’s subject grades are an A+ for health and incomes and an A for walkability; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. 69% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Bellport, above both New York’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (29%). Only 26 of New York’s 1,216 towns score higher on hazard risk. Bellport has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Bellport beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Bellport | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.1% | 17.2% |
Census counts: 297 in 1880, a peak of 3,046 in 1970, 2,203 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1866 and a map from 1984 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Bellport is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bellport. Close and well known come first.
34 mi Stadium & arenaNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
39 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
30 mi National Historic SiteSagamore Hill National Historic Site122K visitors a year
32 mi State parkJones Beach State Park
14 mi LandmarkCalverton National Cemetery
2 mi National SeashoreFire Island National Seashore306K visitors a yearNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum: iMatthew // talk //, Public domain · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sagamore Hill National Historic Site: Unknown, Public domain · Jones Beach State Park: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Calverton National Cemetery: United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Public domain · Fire Island National Seashore: US National Park Service, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bellport, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Bellport.
25% of adults feel lonely in Bellport, where New York’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 33%. 12% of Bellport adults report frequent mental distress. Bellport beats the New York average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| Bellport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.8% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bellport | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.1% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.2% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 97% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 38 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bellport.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Bellport for work: only 7% work in town. The median household income in Bellport is $146,000. Jobs based in Bellport grew to 465 in 2023, 115 more than in 2013.
| Bellport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $146,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 23% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bellport has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 25° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Bellport home is worth about $624,000, up 5.2% in a year, 19% above the New York typical home. Bellport’s median rent is $2,146 a month.
| Bellport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,146 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 90% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Bellport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fire Island National Seashore | 0.3 mi | 16 |
| 2. Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness | — | 7 |
| 3. Bellport Bay State Tidal Wetland | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Bellport
About 4 of every 100 Bellport residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Bellport’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
4 notable people were born in Bellport.
Village in New York, United States
Bellport is a village in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 2,203 at the time of the 2020 census. The Incorporated Village of Bellport is named after the Bell family, early settlers of the area. South Country Road (Main St.) in the village features small businesses such as antique shops, artist galleries, small inns, restaurants, and a service center. These family-run businesses get community support from the Bellport Chamber of Commerce. Bellport is also home to the Gateway Playhouse, a professional summer theater in operation since 1950.
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2 towns share a border with Bellport.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellport | — | — | D− | — | C+ | A+ |
| East Patchogue | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Bellport | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bellport has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Bellport reports no FBI crime data of its own. East Patchogue and North Bellport aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bellport with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. That is 6.3 years of the area's median household income ($99,155 across the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
4 notable people were born here, including Randy Smith and Edward Richard Shaw.
