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Gordon Heights, New York.

A community in Suffolk County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Suffolk County’s.

Living in Gordon Heights, Suffolk County, New York

Gordon Heights, in Suffolk County, had 3,981 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $106,828 a year and half less, against $130,686 across Suffolk County; 17% of its people live below the poverty line. 82% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Suffolk County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.

People 3,981 in the 2020 census
Household income $106,828 the median, give or take $26,676 · Suffolk County: $130,686
Unemployment 4.1% Suffolk County, August 2026; 4.0% a year before
Homes 82% lived in by their owners; 18% rented
  • 1,172households
  • 20%of adults have a degree
  • 17%below the poverty line
  • 2%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities14%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Other services12%
  • Government9%
  • Shops (retail)8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Suffolk County had 689,858 jobs in 2025, 1.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 21°; warmest in July, 82° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 21° F M A M J J 82° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 21°; warmest in July, 82° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 21° F M A M J J 82° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 64°. About 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Upton Coop - Nwsfo New York weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Suffolk County

  1. Stony Brook University HospitalGeneral hospital8,738FTE
  2. Stony Brook UniversityUniversity or college5,585
  3. Canon USACopier rental or leasing4,982
  4. South Shore University HospitalGeneral hospital3,739FTE
  5. Good Samaritan HospitalGeneral hospital3,305FTE
  6. New York Cancer & Blood SpecialistsOncologists' offices2,917
  7. Huntington HospitalGeneral hospital2,760FTE
  8. Internal Revenue ServiceFederal government · Department of the Treasury2,511

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 974 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 152,960 people in all across the county; Gordon Heights has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  2. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Gordon Heights’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Suffolk County.