Is Sagaponack a good place to live?
The biggest park or preserve is Poxabogue County Park, at 57 acres. Sagaponack has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
752 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Sagaponack: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sagaponack, and how to reach them.
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 Sagaponack.
The typical home in Sagaponack is valued at about $7.84M
In Sagaponack, just over nine in ten households own their home, against 75% in New York’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Home values are up 7.8% over the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Sagaponack stands out in New York and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Sagaponack dropped by 94, to 324. In Sagaponack, 17% of residents live below the poverty line, where New York’s towns sit at 9.5% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The average trip to work here is 20 minutes. Half commute less than 55 miles.
| Sagaponack | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Sagaponack is inland flooding, at a very low overall level
In Sagaponack, the FEMA risk score is 11 of 100. The national flood insurance program has paid 22 claims locally since 2005. 71% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 21%. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2021.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Sagaponack, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 81°; in January, nights fall to 24°, and about 27 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, fewer of Sagaponack’s adults feel lonely
Sagaponack: 7.6% of adults smoke cigarettes. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Sagaponack is ahead of New York on 18 and behind on 5. Two figures for adults here: 16% have been diagnosed with depression, 13% report frequent mental distress. Only 4 of the 756 New York towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Sagaponack.
| Sagaponack | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sagaponack | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.6% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Protected land: 4.2% of Sagaponack
There are 3.0 miles of trail across 2 parks and preserves. In Sagaponack, the concentration of trails is 0.7 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves here: 2, covering 105 acres.
| Sagaponack | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.2% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Poxabogue County Park | 0.6 mi | 57 |
| 2. Sagg Swamp Preserve | 0.1 mi | 48 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mohegan Sun Arena and 34 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sagaponack. Close and well known come first.
40 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
23 mi State parkCamp Hero State Park
35 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
24 mi LighthouseMontauk Point Light
34 mi MuseumMystic Seaport
29 mi LandmarkCalverton National CemeteryPhoto credits
Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Camp Hero State Park: Transpoman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gillette Castle State Park: Original uploader was Kevinpepin at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Montauk Point Light: Wolfgang Wander, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mystic Seaport: Joethon, Public domain · Calverton National Cemetery: United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Public domain
Everything we know about Sagaponack
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Sagaponack; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Sagaponack residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Every workday, about 319 people come to Sagaponack for work
Where Sagaponack’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sagaponack
Village in New York, United States
Sagaponack ( SAG-ə-PON-ək) is a village in the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County, on the East End of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population of the village was 770 at the 2020 census. In 2015, Sagaponack was the second wealthiest zip code in the United States.
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- Established
- 2005
- Area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 23 ft
- ZIP code
- 11962
Questions about Sagaponack
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sagaponack, NY a good place to live?
Sagaponack has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.