Oak BeachNY
A town of 69, settled in 1895.
Is Oak Beach a good place to live?
100% of households own their home in Oak Beach, against 75% in New York’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. 31% of the land in Oak Beach is conserved, above both the New York town median (5.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Captree State Park, at 68 acres. Oak Beach has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Oak Beach lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 59% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
- Gilgo State Park
- Oak Beach Park Directions ↗
- Captree State Park Directions ↗
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Central Park and 440 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oak Beach. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw37 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw37 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw36 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 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Oak Beach: who provides what
Oak Beach 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 Oak Beach.
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Oak Beach
1.1 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gilgo State Park | 0.3 mi | 27 |
| 2. Captree State Park | — | 68 |
| 3. Oak Beach Park | 0.1 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Oak Beach’s workers commute out
The top destinations are New York (25%), Babylon (19%) and Islip (18%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Coastal flooding leads a high hazard risk in Oak Beach
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Oak Beach has four seasons and pleasant summers
Oak Beach has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 26° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Oak Beach stands out in New York and nationally, with fewer of its adults who feel lonely
27% of adults feel lonely in Oak Beach. Oak Beach beats the New York average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 13% of adults report frequent mental distress in Oak Beach.
| Oak Beach | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 86% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Oak Beach | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4% | 8.2% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.2% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Oak Beach
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Beach
About 0 of every 100 Oak Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
69 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Oak Beach
Census-designated place on Jones Beach Island
Oak Beach is a small community and census-designated place located near the eastern end of Jones Beach Island, a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great South Bay of Long Island. The community is part of the village of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Oak Beach had a population of 268. The eastern part, the Oak Island Beach Association, is gated, whereas the western part is not. The Oak Beach CDP was first listed prior to the 2020 census. Prior to that the community was part of the Oak Beach–Captree census-designated place.
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- Area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- -7 ft
Questions about Oak Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Beach, NY a good place to live?
Oak Beach has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.