In Yaphank, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.74 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, Yaphank is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.49% of adults in Yaphank have a college degree.
The per capita income in Yaphank in 2022 was $53,199, 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 $212,796 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 15.22% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Yaphank include Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Yaphank is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
