One downside of living in Yaphank is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Yaphank, the average commute to work is 34.44 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The citizens of Yaphank are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.03% of adults in Yaphank have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Yaphank in 2022 was $56,014, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $224,056 for a family of four.
Yaphank is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Yaphank home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yaphank residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Yaphank also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.72% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Yaphank include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Yaphank is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
