11978 ZIP Code — Westhampton Beach, NY

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ZIP code 11978 covers Westhampton Beach, New York, with a population of about 4,376 and a median household income of $108,938.

Population: 4,376430 per square mile
Median age: 47.18.4 points above the US average
Median household income: $108,9381.3× the New York median
Poverty rate: 9.9%2.5 points below the US average
Typical home value: $1,655,284up 35% in five years
Median rent: $2,0791.3× the New York median
Degree or higher: 59.1%24.1 points above the US average
Homeownership: 84.6%19.6 points above the US average
Time zone: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses: 337

Where 11978 is

Westhampton Beach, New York — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population	4,376
Median age	47.1
Family households	71.2%
Born outside the US	13.8%
Speaks a language other than English at home	15.6%
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%
Black (non-Hispanic)	5.8%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%
Veterans	4.5%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income	$108,938
Income per person	$82,208
Poverty rate	9.9%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	4.6%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	4.4%
$10–15k	0.7%
$15–20k	1.5%
$20–25k	1.6%
$25–30k	5.1%
$30–35k	4.6%
$35–40k	1.8%
$40–45k	5.5%
$45–50k	1.8%
$50–60k	2.8%
$60–75k	5.1%
$75–100k	11.6%
$100–125k	9.6%
$125–150k	4.7%
$150–200k	9.2%
$200k or more	29.8%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Tax returns filed	2,160
Mean adjusted gross income	$232,391
Returns declaring $200,000 or more	19%
Returns, under $25k	26.4%
Returns, $25k–$50k	17.6%
Returns, $50k–$75k	11.6%
Returns, $75k–$100k	7.4%
Returns, $100k–$200k	18.1%
Returns, $200k or more	19.0%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median home value	$1,045,100
Median gross rent	$2,079
Rent as a share of household income	41.6%
Owner-occupied	84.6%
Vacant homes	58.8%
Median year built	1981

What the homes are

Detached house	82.4%
Attached house	3.2%
2 to 4 units	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.2%
20 or more units	6.5%
Mobile home	1.1%

Home values and rents today

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Typical home value	$1,655,284as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 7.9%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 35%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 87%

Typical home value since 2000

$331,278 in 2000 to $1,655,284 in 2026.

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	6.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%
High school diploma or higher	93.9%
Works from home	22.9%
Drives to work alone	57.6%
Takes public transport	5.8%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	23.1%

Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesity	28.8% 4.6 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes	9.3% 2.7 pts below the national average of 12%
Currently smokes	8.3% 4.9 pts below the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure	31.5% 2.6 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health	13.9% 6.4 pts below the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)	6.2% 5.1 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depression	15.8% 6.1 pts below the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity	21.1% 4.3 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis	24.3% 0.8 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking	16.7% 0.7 pts above the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication	77.8% 3.1 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)	9.5% 1.8 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma	9.9% 0.5 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease	5.7% 0.5 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year	82.2% 5.5 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening	91.6% 5.7 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability	9.8% 5 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening	70.8% 6.5 pts above the national average of 64.3%
COPD	5% 1.6 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist	70.8% 9.5 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Any disability	24% 6.7 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Lacks emotional support	20.8% 4 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Food insecurity	10% 7.1 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Received food stamps	7.6% 6.7 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Hearing disability	5.4% 1.3 pts below the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol	40.2% 4 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Housing insecurity	9.4% 4.4 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Independent living disability	5.7% 2.7 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Lacks transport	5.5% 3.7 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Loneliness	27.2% 7.2 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mammography use	79.3% 3.4 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)	13.1% 3.7 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability	10.9% 3.1 pts below the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)	11.1% 2.4 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability	2.8% 1.2 pts below the national average of 4%
Utility shut-off threat	5.2% 3.6 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Sleeps under 7 hours	35.9% 0.5 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Stroke	2.8% 0.6 pts below the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost	7.4% 5.6 pts below the national average of 13%
Vision disability	3.6% 2 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments	337
People employed	2,126
Annual payroll	$125,863,000

Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall risk	Higher than 75.7% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Relatively Moderate
Expected annual loss	72.8 out of 100
Community resilience	90.9 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

River flooding	90.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	84.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide	80.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	73.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	65Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	62.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	51.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Coastal flooding	49.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	35.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	34.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	31.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	27.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	18.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	9.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Compared with New York and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	New York	United States
Median household income	$108,938	$84,578	$78,538
Income per person	$82,208	$49,520	$43,289
Poverty rate	9.9%	13.7%	12.4%
Median home value	$1,045,100	$403,000	$303,400
Median gross rent	$2,079	$1,576	$1,348
Homeownership	84.6%	54.3%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%	39.6%	35%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.2%	5.2%
Works from home	22.9%	13.3%	13.5%
Born outside the US	13.8%	22.6%	13.9%
Median age	47.1	39.6	38.7

Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather station	WESTHAMPTN GABRESKI AP, NY US2 km away
Rain in a year	43 in

Average high and low by month

January	38.7°F / 20°F3.19 in rain
February	40.4°F / 20.9°F2.72 in rain
March	46.8°F / 27.6°F4.28 in rain
April	56.6°F / 35.6°F3.79 in rain
May	66.2°F / 45.6°F3.31 in rain
June	75.4°F / 55.8°F3.5 in rain
July	81.3°F / 62.5°F2.88 in rain
August	80.3°F / 61.4°F3.74 in rain
September	73.6°F / 53.9°F3.75 in rain
October	63.4°F / 42.5°F4.65 in rain
November	53.3°F / 33.7°F3.48 in rain
December	44.5°F / 25.8°F4.17 in rain

Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarket	100% of this ZIP code's area
No vehicle and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code

School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 3 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Westhampton Beach Union Free School District	91% of this ZIP code's land area
Remsenburg-Speonk Union Free School District	4.8% of this ZIP code's land area
Quogue Union Free School District	4.2% of this ZIP code's land area

Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability	40more vulnerable than 40% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	33more vulnerable than 33% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	32more vulnerable than 32% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	33more vulnerable than 33% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	63more vulnerable than 63% of US census tracts
Walkability	7.6 out of 20Below average

Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

11977 Westhampton, NY	2.3 km away
11959 Quogue, NY	4 km away
11972 Speonk, NY	5 km away
11960 Remsenburg, NY	5.5 km away
11942 East Quogue, NY	5.7 km away
11941 Eastport, NY	6.8 km away
11940 East Moriches, NY	9.2 km away
11901 Riverhead, NY	10.8 km away

Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Suffolk County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	10.17 sq mi
Water area	2.37 sq mi
Population density	430 people per sq mi
Latitude, longitude	40.8295, -72.6473

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.