Nesconset, New York.
Typical home $781,759 (+6.0% in a year). New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,346 (+133%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $43,998 +6%
- $737,762$781,759 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $209,438 +37%
- $572,322$781,759 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Nesconset$4,103
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Nesconset, NY rose 6.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Nesconset, Suffolk County, New York
Nesconset, in Suffolk County, had 13,207 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $152,500 a year and half less, against $130,686 across Suffolk County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% 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 shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Nesconset is a community on Long Island in Suffolk County, home to people who are somewhat older than is typical. Most homes are lived in by their owners, incomes run well above the county's, and relatively few residents live below the poverty line. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and a fair amount of snow, while July is the warmest month and brings warm days, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in banks, insurance and property. A large share of adults hold a four-year degree, and a good number of people work from home. The commute is long, and unemployment across Suffolk County is close to where it was a year ago, while the county has added a few more jobs. The largest workplaces in Nesconset include Costco Wholesale, Competition Imports and Watermill Caterers.
Things to do. Lake Ronkonkoma and Spaceplex, an amusement park, are in or beside town. A short drive away are Sunken Meadow State Park, a protected area, and the Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages. A longer drive leads to Fire Island National Seashore, another protected area, for time by the water.
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- 4,704households
- 56%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 35 mintypical commute
- 18%work from home
What residents work in
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
Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 67°. About 32 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Islip Li Macarthur Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Nesconset
- Lake Grove302
- Costco WholesaleWholesale grocer220
- Competition ImportsAutomobile dealers, new only or new and used121
- Watermill CaterersCaterers89
- Kelly & Hayes Electrical Supply of LIElectrical wholesaler33
- Bob's Discount FurnitureBed stores, retail26
- Costellos ACE444140 hardware retailers21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 812 people in all. 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
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Nesconset’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 and the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
Nesconset home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Nesconset$781,759
- New York$524,942
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Nesconset listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Nesconset20.37%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Nesconset33
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Nesconset13
Zip codes with a Nesconset address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Nesconset — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.