Fort SalongaNY
A town of 10,199, settled in 1893.
Is Fort Salonga a good place to live?
Fort Salonga’s median household income is $190,000, against $82,000 in New York’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Only 2 of the 759 New York towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Fort Salonga. 33% of the land in Fort Salonga is conserved, above both New York’s towns (5.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Sunken Meadow State Park, at 869 acres with 4.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. We don’t grade Fort Salonga yet; the figures below are still real.
Fort Salonga lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 12% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Central Park and 428 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fort Salonga. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw38 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw36 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw37 mi MuseumMuseum of Modern Art1.2M visitors a yearPhoto 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 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Museum of Modern Art: hibino, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Fort Salonga: who provides what
Fort Salonga 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 Fort Salonga.
Fort Salonga faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 116 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Fort Salonga.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fort Salonga stands out in New York and nationally: trail density there is higher
Fort Salonga’s trail density is 2.5 miles per square mile. 33 miles of trail in 14 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Meadowlark Park | 5.4 mi | 75 |
| 2. Makamah County Nature Preserve | 4.4 mi | 159 |
| 3. Sunken Meadow State Park | 4.3 mi | 869 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Fort Salonga’s workers commute out: the town has 0.7 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Fort Salonga for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Fort Salonga is 36 minutes. Jobs based in Fort Salonga grew to 3,219 in 2023, 338 more than in 2013.
| Fort Salonga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Fort Salonga, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Fort Salonga has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 24° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer of Fort Salonga’s adults feel lonely than in the typical New York or U.S. town
26% of adults feel lonely in Fort Salonga. Fort Salonga beats the New York average on 22 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 13% of adults report frequent mental distress in Fort Salonga.
| Fort Salonga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.9% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Fort Salonga | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.1% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Fort Salonga
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Fort Salonga
About 6 of every 100 Fort Salonga residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
96% of working residents leave Fort Salonga for work
Where Fort Salonga’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Fort Salonga
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Fort Salonga is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Towns of Huntington and Smithtown in Suffolk County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fort Salonga had a population of 9,652. The hamlet is considered the easternmost part of the historic Gold Coast of Long Island, with the Geissler Estate being located within the hamlet.
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- Area
- 9.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 33 ft
Fort Salonga’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Fort Salonga.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Salonga | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kings Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Northport | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Northport | #21 | A+ | D− | A | A | A+ |
| Huntington | #61 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Asharoken | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smithtown | #76 | A | D− | — | A | A |
Huntington and Smithtown report no FBI crime data of their own. Fort Salonga, Kings Park, East Northport and Asharoken aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Fort Salonga with a neighbor →
Questions about Fort Salonga
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