Westhampton Beach is an incorporated village in the Town of Southampton, in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Westhampton Beach had a population of 2,150.

History

thumb|left|Westhampton Beach Shingle-Style Home.

Westhampton Beach Village was incorporated in 1928. In 1938, almost all summer homes on its barrier beach were obliterated by a hurricane resulting in twenty-nine local deaths.

Like most of the shoreline of southern Long Island, the beach at Westhampton Beach was eroding shoreward. This became a political issue in the 1960s. The project to protect the beaches in the area from further erosion was started by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1966, but was only partially completed because of the failure to secure funds from the state and local government. In addition the project design was seriously flawed. As a result, there was increased erosion at the beaches in Westhampton Beach while, up current, the beaches actually grew. During the late 1970s and through the 1980s, beach homes were washed away with every severe storm (nor'easter) that hit the coast. It was only after the nor'easter of November 1992 destroyed over eighty homes, that the Army Corps of Engineers began renewed repair efforts.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.35%, is water.

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Westhampton Beach village, New York – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>

!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|-

|White alone (NH)

|1,618

|1,299

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,694

|85.07%

|75.48%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |78.79%

|-

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|88

|46

|style='background: #ffffe6; |33

|4.63%

|2.67%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.53%

|-

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|8

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1

|0.42%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%

|-

|Asian alone (NH)

|22

|17

|style='background: #ffffe6; |49

|1.16%

|0.99%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.28%

|-

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|1

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.05%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Other race alone (NH)

|3

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |10

|0.16%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.47%

|-

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|16

|19

|style='background: #ffffe6; |44

|0.84%

|1.10%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.05%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|146

|340

|style='background: #ffffe6; |319

|7.68%

|19.76%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.84%

|-

|Total

|1,902

|1,721

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,150

|100.00%

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

|}

2000 census

As of the census Additionally, a small portion of the southeastern edge of the village is within the boundaries of the Quogue Union Free School District.

See also

  • Westhampton, New York
  • West Hampton Dunes, New York
  • Dix Windmill

References

  • Official website