Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town was settled in 1881 and has 72 residents today.
40% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Fishers Island, where New York’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 29%. Fishers Island’s density of trails is 1.0 miles per square mile, above both New York’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). Fishers Island has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Coastal flooding makes up 15% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Census counts: 289 in 2000, 424 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 1890 and 4 maps from 1944 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fishers Island. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi MuseumThe Breakers
16 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
38 mi MuseumMarble House
38 mi MuseumThe Elms
7 mi MuseumMystic Seaport
15 mi State parkCamp Hero State ParkThe Breakers: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marble House: [email protected], Public domain · The Elms: The original uploader was Daderot at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mystic Seaport: Joethon, Public domain · Camp Hero State Park: Transpoman, CC BY-SA 3.0
Fishers Island 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Fishers Island.
Just 6% of Fishers Island’s working residents have a job in town. The top destinations are Southold (37%), New York (22%) and Southampton (4%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 46 miles.
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Expected losses in Fishers Island break down as 49% from inland flooding and 21% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fishers Island’s midsummer high is recorded as 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Of 32 CDC measures, Fishers Island beats the New York average on 17 and trails it on 2. 13% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Fishers Island. In Fishers Island, 16% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 7.8% smoke cigarettes.
| Fishers Island | Typical New York town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.8% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Fishers Island | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.4% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.7% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fishers Island: 67% of households are owner-occupiers.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
4 within 15 miles of the center of Fishers Island
About 0 of every 100 Fishers Island residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Fishers Island is an island within the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York. It lies at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, 2 miles (3 km) off the southeastern coast of Connecticut, across Fishers Island Sound. About 9 miles (14 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, it is about 11 miles (18 km) from the tip of Long Island at Orient Point, 2 miles (3 km) each from Napatree Point at the southwestern tip of Rhode Island and Groton Long Point in Connecticut, and about 7 miles (11 km) southeast of New London, Connecticut. It is accessible from New London by plane and regular ferry service. The island is a census-designated place (CDP). As of the 2020 census, Fishers Island had a populatio…
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Fishers Island has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
