Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 2,545: a town settled in 1889.
Only 4 of the 759 New York towns we compare have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Shinnecock Hills. We don’t grade Shinnecock Hills yet; the figures below are still real.
Coastal flooding makes up 14% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 3 maps from 1903 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Shinnecock Hills. Close and well known come first.
40 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
37 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
33 mi State parkCamp Hero State Park
19 mi LandmarkCalverton National Cemetery
34 mi LighthouseMontauk Point Light
38 mi MuseumYale University Art GalleryYale 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 · Calverton National Cemetery: United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Public domain · Montauk Point Light: Wolfgang Wander, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yale University Art Gallery: Ragesoss, Public domain
Shinnecock Hills 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 Shinnecock Hills.
Shinnecock Hills has had 28 paid flood insurance claims since 1993. On expected storm and flood damage, Shinnecock Hills sits below 86% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 62% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 14% to coastal flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The share of working residents in Shinnecock Hills who work locally is 4%, where New York’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 8%. Shinnecock Hills’ middle household income stands at $133,000. Employers in Shinnecock Hills shed 82 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 312. The top destinations are Southampton (34%), New York (17%) and Brookhaven (7%).
| Shinnecock Hills | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $133,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summer afternoons peak near 81° in July, and January nights bottom out around 24°; snowfall runs to about 27 inches a winter. Shinnecock Hills brings chilly winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
83% of adults had a checkup this year in Shinnecock Hills. The share of adults in Shinnecock Hills who report frequent mental distress is 12%, below both New York’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (17%). This New York town beats the New York average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Shinnecock Hills | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Shinnecock Hills | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.7% | 8.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Shinnecock Hills, the density of trails is 0.9 miles per square mile. 2.6 miles of trail.
| Shinnecock Hills | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
None within 15 miles of Shinnecock Hills; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Shinnecock Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Where Shinnecock Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Shinnecock Hills is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Shinnecock Hills had a population of 2,282. It is the home of a leading golf club, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. Ownership of the area has been the subject of a 2005 lawsuit filed by the Shinnecock Indian Nation. Shinnecock Hills is in the Town of Southampton.
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3 towns share a border with Shinnecock Hills.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinnecock Hills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuckahoe | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hampton Bays | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Southampton | #246 | B+ | D− | B | B | A+ |
Shinnecock Hills, Tuckahoe and Hampton Bays aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Shinnecock Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Shinnecock Hills yet; the figures below are still real.
