Wheatley Heights is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the Town of Babylon, in Suffolk County, on Long Island, New York, United States. The population was 5,140 at the time of the 2020 census.
In the past, some or all of Wheatley Heights was proposed to become part of the never-realized Incorporated Village of Half Hollow Hills.
History
Wheatley Heights historically was part of the hamlet of Wyandanch, and shares a ZIP code and fire department with it. The name Wyandanch was changed to Wheatley Heights by the Postmaster of Wyandanch Thomas A. Brown. These plans failed, and each remain unincorporated hamlets to this day.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
Wheatley Heights is bordered by Dix Hills to the northeast, East Farmingdale to the west, Deer Park to the east, Wyandanch to the south, and Melville to the northwest.
Demographics
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Wheatley Heights CDP, New York – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|1,734
|1,237
|style='background: #ffffe6; |919
|34.59%
|24.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.88%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|2,344
|2,701
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,619
|46.76%
|52.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |50.95%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|15
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.30%
|0.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|171
|285
|style='background: #ffffe6; |395
|3.41%
|5.56%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.68%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|nil%
|nil%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |nil%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|26
|30
|style='background: #ffffe6; |74
|0.52%
|0.58%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.44%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|138
|171
|style='background: #ffffe6; |250
|2.75%
|3.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.86%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|585
|692
|style='background: #ffffe6; |878
|11.67%
|13.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.08%
|-
|Total
|5,013
|5,130
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,140
|100%
|100%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100%
|}
2000 census
As of the census
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