PJV Resident Resources

  • Demographic Information

    Download ESRI Demographic & Income Profile

    Area – 3.05 square miles
    Population – 8,140 (ESRI Forecast)
    Number of Households – 3,093 (ESRI Forecast)
    Median annual household income – $95,300 (2000 Suffolk County Planning Board)
    Percentage of housing that is owner-occupied – 80.3% (2000 Census)
    Median home value – $533,829 (ESRI Forecast)
    Average age of residents – 40.4 years (2000 census)
    Percentage of residents who are professionals – almost 40%
    Percentage of adult population that has attended college – 66%
    Percentage with graduate degrees – 30%

    Port Jefferson has one of Long Island’s lowest unemployment levels. (4.1% 2/2002 vs. 6.1% 2/2002 countywide)

    Port Jefferson Schools are ranked among the top in the country. (student-to-teacher ratio= 10 to 1)

    Three major hospitals provide over 539 beds and nearly 3200 jobs.

    The Port Jefferson Library, founded in 1909, has over 165,000 holdings with circulation exceeding 272,000.

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