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Wheatley Heights CDP, New York: commercial real estate data.
Wheatley Heights CDP is a Census CDP of 4,729 people across 1.32 square miles of land, in Suffolk County. Median household income is $118,036, 88.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $277,000.
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Wheatley Heights
What Wheatley Heights is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.32 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,588
- County holding the largest share of its areaSuffolk County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheatley Heights
How many people live in Wheatley Heights
- Population4,729
- Median age37.0
- Population under 181,057
- Share under 1822.4 percent
- Population 65 and over642
- Share 65 and over13.6 percent
- Households1,450
- Family households1,025
- Share of households that are families70.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Wheatley Heights
- Median household income$118,036 plus or minus $36,620
- Per capita income$43,329
- Civilian labor force2,556
- Employed2,451
- Unemployed105 plus or minus 55
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over3,289
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher37.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Wheatley Heights
- Housing units1,508
- Occupied units1,450
- Vacant units58 plus or minus 48
- Vacancy rate3.8 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Owner occupied1,280
- Renter occupied170 plus or minus 59
- Ownership rate88.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$538,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,688
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.2 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units1,179
- Share single family78.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more216 plus or minus 71
- Share in buildings of two or more14.3 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Mobile homes113 plus or minus 156
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Wheatley Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,002
- Commuting under 15 minutes310 plus or minus 125
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.5 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,015 plus or minus 304
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.7 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Drove alone54.6 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Carpooled8.6 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport13.9 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home15.4 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Wheatley Heights borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$277,000
- Average approval$69,250
- Median approval$70,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$100,000
- Largest approval$100,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval1.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Suffolk County, not Wheatley Heights
Suffolk County context, not Wheatley Heights figures
These are Suffolk County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wheatley Heights measurements.
- Establishments in Suffolk County50,748
- Employment at those establishments, Suffolk County592,580
- Covered employment, Suffolk County679,594
- Average annual pay, Suffolk County$79,121
- Average weekly wage, Suffolk County$1,522
- Housing units permitted, Suffolk County1,407
- Of those, single family, Suffolk County1,137
- County product, 2024, Suffolk County$139,014,125,000
- County product change over the prior year, Suffolk County5.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Suffolk County$144,254
Every figure in this section is published for Suffolk County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wheatley Heights. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Wheatley Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wheatley Heights, New York?
4,729, in 1,450 households. Wheatley Heights CDP covers 1.32 square miles of land, which is 3,588 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wheatley Heights in?
Suffolk County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Wheatley Heights?
$118,036. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $538,200. Median gross rent is $1,688 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wheatley Heights businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $277,000, across 3 lenders, median approval $70,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wheatley Heights, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wheatley Heights borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wheatley Heights. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Wheatley Heights figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Suffolk County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Wheatley Heights.
Is zoning published for Wheatley Heights?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.