North Amityville is a

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of

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, in

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. The population was 18,643 at the 2020 Census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land. North Amityville is bordered by the hamlet of

East Massapequa East Massapequa (formerly known as West Amityville) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 19,069 ...

(in Nassau County) to the west, the hamlet of

East Farmingdale East Farmingdale is a hamlet and a census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York. The population of the CDP was 6,484 at the 2010 census. Located in the Town of Babylon, the residents are served by the Farmingda ...

to the north, the hamlet of North Lindenhurst to the southeast, the Village of Lindenhurst to the southeast, and the Village of Amityville and the hamlet of

Copiague Copiague ( ) is a hamlet on Long Island (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 23,429 at the 2020 census. Copiague is an unincorporated place within Babylon. Geography Copiague is located ...

to the south.

Demographics

2020 census

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

2010 Census

As of the census of 2010, there were 17,862 people, and 5,289 households with an average of 3.26 persons per household residing in the

. The population density was . The racial makeup of the CDP was 35.8%

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, 27.5%

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, 1.4% Native American, 11.2%

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, 0.1%

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, 12.8% from other races, and 6.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 34.7% 6,237 of the population. The population in North Amityville was 7.0% under the age of 5, 27.0% under the age of 18, and 12.2% over the age of 65. Females make up 53.9% of the population. There were 5,636 housing units, of which 25.8% were in multi-unit structures. The homeownership rate was 62.3%. The median value of owner-occupied housing units was $339,100. 5.4% of housing units were vacant and 39.4% of occupied housing units were occupied by renters. The median income for a household in the hamlet was $90,502. 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line.

Education

North Amityville is served by three public school districts. Most residents are within the confines of the Copiague Union Free School District, while other portions are within the Amityville Union Free School District and the Farmingdale Union Free School District. As such, children who reside within North Amityville and attend public schools will go to school in one of these three districts, depending on where in the hamlet they live.

Transportation

The

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does not have a branch in North Amityville. Instead, residents are in close proximity to the

Copiague (LIRR station) Copiague is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located in Copiague, New York. The station is located on Marconi Boulevard and Great Neck Road ( Suffolk County Road 47), one block north of Oak Street ( Suffolk County ...

& the

Amityville (LIRR station) Amityville is the westernmost station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Suffolk County, New York. It is located on John Street in Amityville, New York, but the official description of its location is not as precise. The MTA ...

. Operating under the Suffolk County Transit, several buses that serve the hamlet include: * S1: Amityville - Halesite * 1A: Amityville - North Amityville * S31: Copiague - Pinelawn

Landmark

* Sisters of St. Dominic Motherhouse Complex

References

External links

Town of Babylon
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