Gordon HeightsNY
A town of 4,230.
Is Gordon Heights a good place to live?
Gordon Heights’ median rent is $2,667 a month, above both the New York town median ($1,101 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Only 1 of the 759 New York towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Gordon Heights. Gordon Heights’ trail density is 2.5 miles per square mile, where New York’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. We don’t grade Gordon Heights yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Gordon Heights for work
Where Gordon Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and 75 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gordon Heights. Close and well known come first.
34 mi Stadium & arenaNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
31 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
28 mi National Historic SiteSagamore Hill National Historic Site122K visitors a year
34 mi State parkJones Beach State Park
9 mi LandmarkCalverton National Cemetery
35 mi MuseumGlass HousePhoto credits
Nassau 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 · Glass House: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain
Moving to Gordon Heights: who provides what
Gordon Heights 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 Gordon Heights.
Gordon Heights has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Gordon Heights for work: only 1% work in town. Gordon Heights’ average trip to work is 39 minutes. The top destinations are Brookhaven (31%), New York (19%) and Islip (13%).
| Gordon Heights | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 39 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $107,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Gordon Heights
Gordon Heights has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 23° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of New York and the rest of the country, more of Gordon Heights’ adults sleep under 7 hours
46% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Gordon Heights. Gordon Heights beats the New York average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 30% of adults get no exercise outside work in Gordon Heights.
| Gordon Heights | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Gordon Heights | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.3% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5% | 6.1% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 21.1% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Gordon Heights has set aside 4.9% of its land for conservation
4.3 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Barlett Pound Park | 0.1 mi | 5 |
| 2. Gordon Heights Children's Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Gordon Heights faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Gordon Heights.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Gordon Heights
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Gordon Heights
About 10 of every 100 Gordon Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Gordon Heights
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Gordon Heights is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States. The population was 3,981 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 154 ft
Gordon Heights’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Gordon Heights.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Middle Island | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coram | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Medford | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Gordon Heights, Middle Island, Coram and Medford aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Gordon Heights with a neighbor →
Questions about Gordon Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gordon Heights, NY a good place to live?
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