Hauppauge ( ) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Islip and Smithtown in western Suffolk County, New York, on Long Island. The population was 20,803 at the time of the 2020 census.
Despite the official county seat of Suffolk County being Riverhead, situated further east, many of the county's government offices are located in Hauppauge.
History
The first house in greater Hauppauge, according to historian Simeon Wood, dates as far back as 1731, located on what would be the Arbuckle Estate, and later the southeast corner of the Hauppauge Industrial Park, near the intersection of
Motor Parkway and Old Willets Path.
[Marr, Jack J., A History of Hauppauge, Hauppauge, NY: Jack Marr Publishing Company, 1981.] The settlement of Hauppauge proper commenced with the family of Thomas Wheeler prior to 1753, at the present-day location of the BP gas station between Townline and Wheeler Road.
The locale would take the Wheelers' name as its own until the 1860s when the name Hauppauge was restored.
On March 13, 1806, "a meeting of the male members of the Methodist Society of the 'Haupogues' was convened at the School House agreeable to public notice for the express purpose of Incorporating and Electing Trustees for said Society." The first trustees elected at the meeting presided by Timothy Wheeler and Issac Wheeler were Issac Nichols, Elkanah Wheeler, George Wheeler, and Samuel Brush. They were known as the "Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Congregation of the Haupogues".
[A Copy of the Record of Proceedings of the M.E. Church at Hauppauge from year 1806 to the year 1886 inclusive.] In 1812, the Hauppauge Methodist Church that stands today was constructed on land donated by the Wheeler family.
Hauppauge gained significance as a waypoint on the King's Highway, laid out by the colonial legislature of New York in 1702.
Etymology
Hauppauge's name is derived from the Native American word for "sweet waters." Local Native American tribes would get their fresh drinking water from this area, instead of near Lake Ronkonkoma where the water was not potable.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.37%, is water.
Hauppauge is known for its underground water springs and high underground water table.
The Nissequogue River runs through the CDP.
Climate
Hauppauge has a humid subtropical climate (
Cfa), and the
hardiness zone is 7b.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Hauppauge had a population of 20,083. The median age was 44.8 years. 19.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 19.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 92.2 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 7,180 households in Hauppauge, of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 60.7% were married-couple households, 12.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 21.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 7,384 housing units, of which 2.8% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 4.1%.
+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census |
| 79.4% |
| 2.7% |
| 0.1% |
| 7.5% |
| 0.0% |
| 3.5% |
| 6.8% |
| 10.4% |
2020 American Community Survey
According to the 2020 American Community Survey 5-year estimates,
the median income for a household in the CDP was $120,442, and the mean income was $144,898. On average, people paid a median of $26,868 in annual housing costs. About 4.4% of the population were below the individual
poverty line, including 2.9% of families and 8.3% of nonfamily households.
2022 estimates
As of the 2022 census estimates,
there were 20,401 residents, including 6,830 households and 5,246 families, living in the CDP. The population density was . There were 7,384 housing units at an average density of .
There were 6,830 households, out of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living within (a decrease of 8.5 percentage points from the 2010 census), 61.7% were Marriage living together, 18.1% had a female householder with no husband present, with an average of 2.90 people per household. 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average family size was 3.39 people.
The median age was 51.3 years, an increase of 10.2 years from the 2010 census. For every 100 females, there were 100.01 males.
Economy
Royal Apparel's headquarters have been located in Hauppauge since 1992, producing American-made apparel here, in addition to several other locations along the U.S. East Coast. In May 2000, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill opened an office in Hauppauge. The office is located on the second floor of the 1300 Veterans Memorial Highway building. Carl Galioto, the head of the company's technical division, stated that it opened the office because it had difficulty hiring New York City-area recruits. The location was established to attract professionals who would have otherwise been required to
Commuting.
[Breskin, Ira. " REGIONAL MARKET: Long Island; Reverse Commute: Bringing the Office to the Employee ." New York Times. December 31, 2003. Retrieved 2011-12-14.] Dime Community Bank is headquartered in Hauppauge, and
Audiovox – a consumer electronics company – has offices in the hamlet.
Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge
The Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge (formerly the Hauppauge Industrial Park), located at the edge of the hamlet, is the largest on
Long Island, and by some accounts the second-largest
industrial park in the United States. It is also reported to be the largest of its kind in the United States that is fully protected by an all volunteer fire department, the
Hauppauge Fire Department. The park had more than 1,000 companies as of 2017 and employs over 55,000 people.
The companies in the industrial park provide tax revenue to the Hauppauge
school district's budget. The current site of the Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge housed a radio communication facility operated first by Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company in 1936 (and owned by
Clarence Mackay) and later by the
ITT Corporation.
The radio facility, which specialized in transmissions to and from Europe, South America, and ships at sea, closed in 1986 but is memorialized on-site by Wireless Blvd.
Notable people
Schools
Hauppauge Union Free School District operates public schools.
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Hauppauge High School
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Hauppauge Middle School
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Bretton Woods Elementary School
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Forest Brook Elementary School
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The Pines Elementary School
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Adelphi University's Hauppauge Center is located at 150 Motor Parkway.
Media
The hyperlocal news website Hauppauge Patch provides daily online coverage of
breaking news, sports and community events. Hauppauge is also home to master control facilities for several media organizations, including
Thomson Reuters and Paramount Media Networks.
See also
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Abscam
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Hauppauge Computer Works
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