Shelter Island Heights is a hamlet and

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(CDP) located in the

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of Shelter Island, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is located on the north side of Shelter Island, surrounding the village of Dering Harbor. The population was 1,601 at the time of the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 4.97%, is water.

Demographics

At the 2000

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there were 981 people, 459 households and 302 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,374 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.17%

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, 0.31%

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, 0.41% Asian, and 1.12% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.33% of the population. There were 459 households, of which 16.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.0% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.62. 14.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 14.3% from 25 to 44, 31.9% from 45 to 64, and 35.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.8 males. The

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was $65,446 and the median family income was $76,162. Males had a median income of $46,750 compared with $37,955 for females. The

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was $34,083. About 4.6% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the

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, including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The school district for the census-designated place is Shelter Island Union Free School District.
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