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A regional job hub with 40,746 jobs.
Hauppauge’s median rent is $2,646 a month, where New York’s towns sit at $1,101 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Hauppauge’s concentration of trails is 1.8 miles per square mile, above both the New York town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Blydenburgh County Park, at 263 acres with 7.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. We don’t grade Hauppauge yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Hauppauge beats most towns.
Where Hauppauge’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census counts: 20,100 in 2000, 20,083 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1956 and 6 maps from 1902 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hauppauge. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw40 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw39 mi MuseumSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum1.1M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaCiti Field
Big draw40 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Natural History5.0M visitors a yearCentral Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0 · Citi Field: Chris6d, CC BY-SA 4.0 · American Museum of Natural History: Gigi alt, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hauppauge 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 Hauppauge.
For half of commuters, work is under 12 miles away. Hauppauge’s median household income stands at $141,000. Most people who work leave Hauppauge to do it: just 11% work in town. In Hauppauge, 5.2% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Hauppauge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $141,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.2% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 96% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 56% of Hauppauge’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 18% to hurricanes. Since 1979, Hauppauge has seen 20 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Hauppauge typically sold within 28 days of listing. Typical home values rose 7.1% in the year to September 2026. Among households locally, 85% are owner-occupiers.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 23° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
There are 19 miles of trail across 8 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Hauppauge: 8, covering 454 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Blydenburgh County Park | 7.5 mi | 263 |
| 2. Hidden Pond Park | 5.9 mi | 142 |
| 3. Weld Park | 1.1 mi | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For adults in Hauppauge, the share who report frequent mental distress is 14%. Against the New York average, Hauppauge comes out ahead on 17 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1. Two figures for adults locally: 8.4% smoke cigarettes, 28% feel lonely.
| Hauppauge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.4% | 13% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Hauppauge | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.1% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.6% | 8.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
4 within 15 miles of the center of Hauppauge
About 5 of every 100 Hauppauge residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
6 notable people were born in Hauppauge.
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Hauppauge ( HAW-pog) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Islip and Smithtown in western Suffolk County, New York, on Long Island. The population was 20,803 at the time of the 2020 census. Despite the official county seat of Suffolk County being Riverhead, situated further east, many of the county's government offices are located in Hauppauge.
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8 towns share a border with Hauppauge.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hauppauge | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Islandia | #478 | C+ | D− | — | C | A− |
| Nesconset | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Commack | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smithtown | #76 | A | D− | — | A | A |
| Islip | #178 | A− | D− | — | A− | A− |
| Central Islip | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brentwood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Islandia, Smithtown and Islip report no FBI crime data of their own. Hauppauge, Nesconset, Commack, Central Islip and Brentwood aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hauppauge with a neighbor →
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We don’t grade Hauppauge yet; the figures below are still real.
6 notable people were born here, including Candice Night and Gary Flood.
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