Eatons NeckNY
A town of 1,173.
Is Eatons Neck a good place to live?
Eatons Neck’s mean commuting time is 53 minutes, against 25 minutes in New York’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Only one of the 759 New York towns we compare has a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Eatons Neck. The biggest park or preserve is Hobart Beach Park, at 22 acres. We don’t grade Eatons Neck yet; the figures below are still real.
Eatons Neck lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 39% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Central Park and 475 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Eatons Neck. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw33 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw31 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumPhoto credits
Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Eatons Neck: who provides what
Eatons Neck is unincorporated, so Suffolk County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Eatons Neck.
Eatons Neck’s typical home value is about $1.06M
Home values are up 2.6% over the year to September 2026. 93% of households own their home in Eatons Neck, above both the New York town median (75%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%).
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The biggest natural risk in Eatons Neck is coastal flooding, at a very low overall level
Expected losses in Eatons Neck break down as 39% from coastal flooding and 37% from inland flooding. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 84% of U.S. communities. Also worth knowing: since 1978, 235 flood insurance claims have been paid out in the town.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Eatons Neck stands out in New York and nationally, with the median household income higher than most
For most workers, Eatons Neck is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. Employers in Eatons Neck shed 211 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 41. The top destinations are Huntington (25%), New York (23%) and Oyster Bay (7%).
| Eatons Neck | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $234,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Eatons Neck, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 25° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults feel lonely in Eatons Neck than in most of New York or the rest of the country
Just over one in ten adults report frequent physical distress in Eatons Neck. Only 4 of the 756 New York towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Eatons Neck. Two figures for adults in the town: 12% report frequent mental distress, 16% have been diagnosed with depression. Against the New York average, Eatons Neck comes out ahead on 18 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 3.
| Eatons Neck | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.3% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Eatons Neck | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.1% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.1% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.2% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hobart Beach Park | — | 22 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Eatons Neck
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Eatons Neck
About 5 of every 100 Eatons Neck residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
1,173 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Questions about Eatons Neck
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Eatons Neck, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Eatons Neck yet; the figures below are still real.