West SayvilleNY
A town settled in 1891, now home to 4,800 people.
Is West Sayville a good place to live?
West Sayville’s midpoint rent is $2,701 a month, above both New York’s towns ($1,101 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). The biggest park or preserve is Hard Estate-West Sayville County Park, at 210 acres. We don’t grade West Sayville yet; the figures below are still real.
West Sayville lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 30% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Citi Field and 87 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around West Sayville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaCiti Field
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaEtihad Park
39 mi City parkFlushing Meadows–Corona Park
25 mi Stadium & arenaNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
39 mi LandmarkUnisphere
23 mi National Historic SiteSagamore Hill National Historic Site122K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Citi Field: Chris6d, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Etihad Park: Bananza76, CC0 · Flushing Meadows–Corona Park: Flapane, Public domain · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum: iMatthew // talk //, Public domain · Unisphere: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sagamore Hill National Historic Site: Unknown, Public domain
Moving to West Sayville: who provides what
West Sayville 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 West Sayville.
The typical home in West Sayville is valued at about $713K
A home in West Sayville typically sold within 21 days of listing. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 6.5%. The share of households in West Sayville who live in a home they own: 86%.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in West Sayville work out of town
The top destinations are Islip (32%), New York (17%) and Brookhaven (14%). West Sayville’s typical household income is $166,000. Half the trips to work are shorter than 13 miles. In West Sayville, 2.8% of residents live below the poverty line.
| West Sayville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $166,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a low hazard risk in West Sayville: inland flooding
West Sayville has had 36 paid flood insurance claims since 1979. On expected storm and flood damage, West Sayville sits below just over three quarters of U.S. communities. Expected losses in West Sayville break down as 44% from inland flooding and 30% from coastal flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
West Sayville has four seasons and pleasant summers
In West Sayville, the midsummer high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Young adults are less common in West Sayville than in New York
For residents in West Sayville, the share who are under 18 is 17%. Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (39% statewide). The town’s age of the median resident comes in at 50.5 years. New York has 40% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 42%.
| West Sayville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50.5 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| West Sayville | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.2% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.6% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.8% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.5% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.7% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.7% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.2% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.7% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.9% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.3% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.2% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,800, single groups can be off by several points
How healthy West Sayville is
West Sayville beats the New York average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Among adults in the town, 18% have been diagnosed with depression. Two figures for adults locally: 28% feel lonely, 9.2% smoke cigarettes.
| West Sayville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | West Sayville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.6% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.3% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conservation land takes up 1.8% of West Sayville
1.4 miles of trail wind through 5 parks and preserves. West Sayville’s trail density stands at 0.7 miles per square mile.
| West Sayville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hard Estate-West Sayville County Park | 0.2 mi | 210 |
| 2. West Oak Recreation Club Park | 0.1 mi | 4 |
| 3. Brookside County Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about West Sayville
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of West Sayville
About 4 of every 100 West Sayville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
97% of working residents leave West Sayville for work
Where West Sayville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
West Sayville’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with West Sayville.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Sayville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Islip | #178 | A− | D− | — | A− | A− |
| Brookhaven | #295 | B | D− | — | B | A− |
| Sayville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oakdale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Islip and Brookhaven report no FBI crime data of their own. West Sayville, Sayville and Oakdale aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare West Sayville with a neighbor →
Questions about West Sayville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is West Sayville, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade West Sayville yet; the figures below are still real.