Head of the Harbor, New York

Head of the Harbor is a village in Suffolk County, in Town of Smithtown. on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Head of the Harbor had a population of 1,520.

History

Head of the Harbor incorporated as a village in 1928.

Geography Education and Postal Service

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and , or 7.52%, is water.Harbor. The St. James post office (11780) covers the majority of the village, which the St James CDP is located South of the village. While, the most northern part of the village is covered by the Stony Brook post office (11790), which the CDP is located north of the village.

The majority of the village is served by the Smithtown Central School District, located in the Town of Smithtown. However, despite being the village entirely located in the Town of Smithtown the Northern part of the village is part of the Three Village Central School District in the Town of Brookhaven. It roughly corresponds to the Zip Code boundaries as all the residents of Head of the Harbor with Stony Brook zip codes are part of the Three Village Central School District, however some residents with St. James Zip Codes also attend Three Village Central School District as well.

Demographics

At the 2000 census, there were 1,447 people, 484 households, and 413 families in the village. The population density was . There were 501 housing units at an average density of . The racial makup of the village was 95.02% White, 1.24% African American, 3.25% Asian, and 0.48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.38% of the population.

Of the 484 households 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.9% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 14.5% were non-families. 11.4% of households were one person and 3.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.23.

The local Head of the Harbor Police Department covers the village.