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Orient’s value of a typical home is $1,529,000, above both New York’s towns ($363,000) and U.S. towns ($332,000). Among 759 New York towns, just one has a higher age of the median resident than Orient. 20% of the land in Orient is conserved, where New York’s towns sit at 5.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Long Beach Bay Tidal Wetlands Area, at 406 acres. We don’t grade Orient yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Orient beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 15% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1873.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Orient. Close and well known come first.
26 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
38 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
21 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
22 mi State parkCamp Hero State Park
22 mi LighthouseMontauk Point Light
22 mi MuseumMystic SeaportMohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gillette Castle State Park: Original uploader was Kevinpepin at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Camp Hero State Park: Transpoman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Montauk Point Light: Wolfgang Wander, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mystic Seaport: Joethon, Public domain
Orient 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 Orient.
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 1.3% in value.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Flood insurance has paid out on 17 claims in Orient since 2012. FEMA puts 49% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 21% to hurricanes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 98% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Walkers can cover 5.9 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The trail density in Orient is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Orient Beach State Park | 2.8 mi | 348 |
| 2. Orient Point County Park | 0.6 mi | 41 |
| 3. Long Beach Bay Tidal Wetlands Area | 0.3 mi | 406 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Orient has chilly winters and pleasant summers. Summer afternoons peak near 81° in July, and January nights bottom out around 24°; snowfall runs to about 27 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The middle household income for Orient comes to $94,000. Only 7% of working residents stay in Orient for work; the rest commute out. Jobs locally fell by 92 from 2013 to 2023, to 345. For residents locally, the share who live below the poverty line is 2.8%.
| Orient | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.4% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Among adults in Orient, 6.4% worry about having enough food. Against the New York average, Orient comes out ahead on 19 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 5. No town among the 756 in New York we compare has a lower share of adults who feel lonely than Orient. Just over one in ten adults in Orient report frequent mental distress; 15% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Orient | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 87% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Orient | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.4% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.7% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Orient; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Orient residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Orient is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Orient had a population of 999. Orient and Orient Point are used almost interchangeably. However, Orient Point refers specifically to the physical point at the end of the North Fork of Long Island, while Orient is the hamlet in which the point is located.
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