New York · Census place 3632963

Head of the Harbor, New York

Head of the Harbor is a village in Suffolk County, New York with an estimated 1,475 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 362nd largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,475
#362 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.3%
-4 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
+ 0.23 sq mi water
Density
525 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Head of the Harbor. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Head of the Harbor population, 2020 to 2024

Head of the Harbor lost 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

1,47920201,48520211,47720221,47420231,4752024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,482. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Head of the Harbor covers 2.81 square miles of land and 0.23 of water, for 525 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Head of the Harbor is less dense than the typical town.

What county Head of the Harbor is in

All of Head of the Harbor's residents live in Suffolk County, which had 1,535,909 residents in 2024. Head of the Harbor holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Head of the Harbor

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Head of the Harbor by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 11780. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Head of the Harbor is

The Census internal point of Head of the Harbor is at 40.897700, -73.161500. Albany, the capital, is 125.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nissequogue, NY (1,625 people), 1.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Bridgeport, CT, 20.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.897700, -73.161500
DMS
40°53'51.72"N 73°09'41.40"W
UTM
18N 654863.3E 4529027.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G8VRXQ+3C

Daylight in Head of the Harbor

At 40.90° N, Head of the Harbor gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Head of the Harbor

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Nissequogue, 1.3 miles away, with 1,625 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Head of the Harbor, NY?

1,475 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4 (0.3%) from 1,479 in July 2020.

What county is Head of the Harbor in?

Suffolk County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Head of the Harbor?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 11780.

How far is Head of the Harbor from Albany?

125.1 miles (201.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Head of the Harbor.

What is the nearest larger city to Head of the Harbor?

Nissequogue, NY, with 1,625 residents, 1.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.