Living in Shirley
Key metrics and insights for homebuyers and sellers evaluating Shirley, Suffolk, NY 11967.
How far is Shirley from New York City by train?
From Mastic-Shirley Station on the LIRR Montauk Branch, scheduled weekday AM-peak service takes about 102 minutes to Penn Station, 102 minutes to Grand Central Madison, 103 minutes to Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn (MTA LIRR timetable data).
Is Shirley walkable?
Shirley has a Walk Score of 61 out of 100, which Walk Score rates "Somewhat Walkable".
Nearby Long Island Rail Road stations and typical weekday AM-peak travel times to the Manhattan and Brooklyn terminals. Many Shirley residents use whichever station best fits their branch and schedule.
AM-peak travel times on scheduled LIRR service to Penn Station, Grand Central Madison, and Atlantic Terminal (Brooklyn). Based on MTA LIRR public timetable data.
Shirley Market Data
Current market conditions and pricing trends for Shirley, Suffolk, NY.
Single-family, condo and co-op homes are measured separately — these medians are never blended together. Based on 275 recorded closings in ZIP 11967 between Sep 18, 2025 and Sep 18, 2026 — a settled trailing twelve months, ending about a month back so late-recorded closings are counted rather than missed. Days on market are medians, not averages. A property type with fewer than 8 closed sales in that window is left out rather than published on a sample too thin to mean anything.
Single-family prices in ZIP 11967 are up about 5% year over year, comparing 268 sales in the 12 months to September 18, 2026 with 313 in the 12 months to September 18, 2025. Over the past 2 years, single-family monthly median sale prices in ZIP 11967 have ranged from $485K to $615K.
Based on information from OneKey® MLS, for the period October 17, 2025 through October 2, 2026. Source: OneKey MLS (recorded LI sales, trailing 12mo) + actual tax. Based on 479 recorded sales. Property tax values shown are algorithmic estimates calculated from official NY State ORPS / NYC Department of Finance assessment data aggregated by school district (Long Island) or ZIP code (NYC). These figures are an educational baseline and do not represent a guaranteed or binding tax bill. Actual taxes vary based on individual assessed value, applicable exemptions (STAR, Senior, Veteran), historical grievances, village overlays, and special district levies. Verify exact tax with the Nassau County Assessor / Suffolk County Comptroller / NYC Department of Finance before any financial commitment.
Across 8 years of county-clerk records, 798 homes in the William Floyd school district were bought by a company and resold within two years. Over the whole period the typical one was bought for $175,000 and resold for $319,000, a median of 7.4 months later.
That difference is gross. Renovation, carrying, financing and selling costs are not recorded anywhere public, so it is the change in price, not a profit. Over a hold of that length prices across the county moved about +4.8%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house.
What these homes resold for moved from a median of $185,055 in 2017 to $497,000 in 2024, up about 169% over the period.
The pandemic years cut against the intuition that investors moved in. Companies bought 22.9% of homes here in 2019, then 17.9% in 2020 and 19.6% in 2021 — the lowest share of the 8 years. In those two years companies won a smaller share, not a larger one. The number bought and resold within two years fell with it, from 124 in 2019 to 85 in 2021.
The resales that did happen in those years were the strongest of the period: the typical one in 2021 came in 99% above what the buyer had paid, against 81% across the years as a whole.
Since then it has reversed. Company buying reached 23.6% in 2024 — above its 2019 level of 22.9%.
In 2025, 69 homes in the William Floyd school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $308,000 and resold for a median of $515,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 54% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 6.6 months earlier.
That difference is gross. Renovation, carrying, financing and selling costs are not recorded anywhere public, so it is the change in price, not a profit. Over a hold of that length prices across the county moved about +4.6%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house. 3% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 24.6% of the 610 homes sold in the William Floyd school district that year (150 of them).
2025 is not a complete year here. Filings reach the state months after closing, so 2025 runs only to October and its totals will keep rising. Its counts are not comparable with a full year; its medians are.
In 2024, 70 homes in the William Floyd school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $295,000 and resold for a median of $497,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 64% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 5.9 months earlier.
That difference is gross. Renovation, carrying, financing and selling costs are not recorded anywhere public, so it is the change in price, not a profit. Over a hold of that length prices across the county moved about +6.4%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house. 7% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 23.6% of the 822 homes sold in the William Floyd school district that year (194 of them).
In 2023, 81 homes in the William Floyd school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $270,000 and resold for a median of $418,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 58% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 9.2 months earlier.
That difference is gross. Renovation, carrying, financing and selling costs are not recorded anywhere public, so it is the change in price, not a profit. Over a hold of that length prices across the county moved about +4.3%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house. 5% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 23.8% of the 882 homes sold in the William Floyd school district that year (210 of them).
In 2022, 94 homes in the William Floyd school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $200,000 and resold for a median of $390,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 80% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 6.7 months earlier.
That difference is gross. Renovation, carrying, financing and selling costs are not recorded anywhere public, so it is the change in price, not a profit. Over a hold of that length prices across the county moved about +3.5%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house.
Companies bought 22.4% of the 1,180 homes sold in the William Floyd school district that year (264 of them).
In 2021, 85 homes in the William Floyd school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $180,000 and resold for a median of $350,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 99% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 6.9 months earlier.
That difference is gross. Renovation, carrying, financing and selling costs are not recorded anywhere public, so it is the change in price, not a profit. Over a hold of that length prices across the county moved about +6.2%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house.
Companies bought 19.6% of the 1,181 homes sold in the William Floyd school district that year (231 of them).
In 2020, 111 homes in the William Floyd school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $157,606 and resold for a median of $290,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 84% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 8.9 months earlier.
That difference is gross. Renovation, carrying, financing and selling costs are not recorded anywhere public, so it is the change in price, not a profit. Over a hold of that length prices across the county moved about +7.1%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house. 6% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 17.9% of the 1,053 homes sold in the William Floyd school district that year (189 of them).
In 2019, 124 homes in the William Floyd school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $141,000 and resold for a median of $261,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 87% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 7.7 months earlier.
That difference is gross. Renovation, carrying, financing and selling costs are not recorded anywhere public, so it is the change in price, not a profit. Over a hold of that length prices across the county moved about +4.2%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house. 5% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 22.9% of the 1,181 homes sold in the William Floyd school district that year (270 of them).
In 2018, 111 homes in the William Floyd school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $131,250 and resold for a median of $238,500. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 89% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 7.6 months earlier.
That difference is gross. Renovation, carrying, financing and selling costs are not recorded anywhere public, so it is the change in price, not a profit. Over a hold of that length prices across the county moved about +3.9%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house. 14% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 24.8% of the 1,252 homes sold in the William Floyd school district that year (310 of them).
In 2017, 53 homes in the William Floyd school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $110,000 and resold for a median of $185,055. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 90% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 5.7 months earlier.
That difference is gross. Renovation, carrying, financing and selling costs are not recorded anywhere public, so it is the change in price, not a profit. Over a hold of that length prices across the county moved about +4.3%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house. 28% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 21.7% of the 1,182 homes sold in the William Floyd school district that year (257 of them).
Source: property transfers recorded with the county clerk, which cover every sale rather than only those listed for sale. Filings reach the state months after closing, so these figures run to October 2025 and describe what has already happened rather than the market today.
Between 2017 and October 2025, 1,093 homes in the William Floyd school district passed between family members rather than being sold — about 15 for every 100 that sold on the open market.
85% of them recorded no price at all, so they appear in no market statistic, no listing history and no sold comparable. They are counted here because the transfer itself is filed with the county clerk, whether or not money changed hands.
Counted from the reason recorded on each transfer with the county clerk, not from the price. Transfers filed only to add or remove a name on the deed are excluded — those are paperwork, not a change of owner. Where a filing gives no reason it is not counted, so these are minimum counts rather than a complete rate, and they run to October 2025.
Of the 85 homes for sale in Shirley today, 30 are now asking less than they originally asked — 35.3%, against 34.6% across Suffolk. 7 sellers have raised their asking price.
And among the homes that actually sold
Among the 265 homes that sold in Shirley over the last twelve settled months, 26.4% had cut their price before they sold — up from 22.6% over the same twelve months a year earlier. The for-sale figure runs higher than the sold figure because homes that need a reduction stay on the market longer, so they build up among the listings still available while the completed sales are led by homes that sold without cutting.
What each group got
Over those same twelve months, the 195 Shirley homes that sold without ever reducing achieved 102.2% of their asking price in a median of 27 days. The 70 that did reduce achieved 95.3% of what they first asked, after 76 days.
Homes that never reduced and homes that did are different homes, priced differently from the start — these figures describe what each group did, not what a reduction causes. How any individual home performs depends on condition, layout, its position within Shirley and how it shows, none of which a market median can capture.
Measured from the OneKey MLS feed, updated daily. A home counts as reduced when its current asking price is below the price it was first listed at — not against an estimate or against other homes. The for-sale figures describe homes available today; the sold figures describe closed sales between September 2025 and August 2026.
What This Means for Sellers
Shirley reads as a Seller's Market: about 3.4 months of single-family supply, and homes sold in a median of 33 days over the past 12 months. If you're considering selling, this market rewards strategic pricing — not overpricing. A properly positioned listing will attract qualified buyers and maximize your net proceeds.
What This Means for Buyers
Buyers in Shirley should be prepared to act quickly and come with strong offers. Pre-approval is essential, and buyers are generally better served retaining their own real estate attorney early to review the negotiation and contract. Expect competition, but don't overpay — there's a difference between being competitive and being reckless.
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Counted over the trailing twelve months: every listing that closed, expired, was withdrawn or was terminated. Listings still active or under contract are not counted on either side. If the feed does not retain every withdrawn listing, the real figure is higher than the one shown, never lower.
Based on information from OneKey® MLS, for the period September 18, 2025 through September 18, 2026.
Flood informationShirley: FEMA flood dataMedian NFIP cost, single-family homes, ZIP 11967: $1,400 a year (Aug 2026)
Median yearly cost by FEMA zone: high-risk A zones $1,650 (258 policies); coastal high-risk V zones $4,110 (1 policy, small sample); moderate- to low-risk zones (X, B, C) $1,080 (78 policies).
Cost trend, ZIP 11967
Median yearly cost of single-family NFIP policies taking effect each month.
In ZIP 11967, the typical monthly median yearly cost of single-family NFIP policies taking effect in June through August 2026 was $1,760, 11% higher than the typical month in June through August 2025 ($1,590). Based on 92 and 100 policies.
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Flood data for Suffolk County: costs by ZIP, trend and FEMA ratings →Calculated from FEMA policy data (as of Sep 8, 2026) and FEMA's NFIP residential penetration rates. Yearly cost is premium plus FEMA fees, single-family NFIP policies only; the insured share is residential NFIP contracts as a share of all residential buildings. Private flood insurance is not included. Not a flood-zone determination, insurance advice or a quote. Each building is priced individually.
What It's Like Living in Shirley
Shirley is one of Suffolk's most established residential communities, offering a distinctive blend of suburban character and metropolitan accessibility. Located in the 11967 zip code, the community is served by the William Floyd Union Free School District.
With a median single-family sale price of $550,000 and a median recorded property tax of $8,600 a year across single-family sales in ZIP 11967 (Shirley mailing area), Shirley pairs an established housing stock with direct access to New York City. The commute to Manhattan averages approximately 102 min via the Long Island Rail Road.
Shirley's housing splits across ownership forms — condos, single-family homes selling at a median of $550K — and the differences go well beyond price. The practical difference is who owns the to-do list: coop and condo buildings absorb exterior upkeep through monthly charges, while a house puts every system and repair decision in your hands. Condos are the dominant apartment form in Shirley — deeded ownership with fewer transfer restrictions than a coop.
Joseph's Insider Guide to Shirley
Direct answers informed by 5,000+ closed transactions across Nassau, Suffolk, Queens and Brooklyn — not the canned content you'd find on any listing portal.
Is Shirley a good place to live for commuters?
The LIRR connects Shirley to Penn Station and Grand Central Madison in approximately 102 min. Peak express service, station parking and walk-to-station distance vary by address, and those three factors decide what a commute actually looks like day to day.
What are property tax trends in Shirley, NY?
Shirley homeowners pay a median of approximately $8,600 a year in property taxes — the median of the tax figures actually recorded on homes sold here, not an estimate. The bill funds school-district, county, town, and special-district services. Taxes are assessed parcel by parcel, so two similar homes on the same street can carry very different bills — confirm the actual assessment on a specific address before relying on it.
Is now a good time to buy or sell in Shirley?
The single-family market in ZIP 11967 (Shirley mailing area) is currently a Seller's Market, with homes selling in about 33 days. Single-family sale prices in ZIP 11967 (Shirley mailing area) changed +5% year over year. Timing decisions depend on your specific situation — contact Joseph for a no-cost strategy session tailored to your property and goals.
What makes Shirley different from other Suffolk communities?
Shirley is a long-established community served by the William Floyd Union Free School District. Prices and activity vary by property type, school district, condition and price band; the figures above show where this market stands now.
What should buyers know before making an offer in Shirley?
School district boundaries in Shirley often run street by street — two blocks can mean a different school zone, so confirming a home's exact attendance zone before you make an offer matters. As an Associate Broker who is also an attorney, Joseph reads title and contract details differently than most agents — and when the facts of a deal are in front of him, he knows what's worth asking about. (Not a substitute for your own attorney's representation.)
Is Shirley walkable for everyday living?
Shirley has a Walk Score of 61/100, measured at a single point near the centre of Shirley. Walkability varies street by street, so check the score for a specific address; the LIRR provides Manhattan access in approximately 102 min.
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Official boundary: Suffolk County filed subdivision maps
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Schools in Shirley, NY
Shirley is served by the William Floyd Union Free School District. Attendance zones on Long Island are assigned street by street, so a Shirley mailing address does not by itself determine which school a home is zoned for.
- Elementary
- John S Hobart Elementary School Moriches Elementary School Nathaniel Woodhull Elementary School Tangier Smith Elementary School William Floyd Elementary School
- Middle
- William Floyd Middle School William Paca Middle School
- High
- William Floyd High School
These are the schools recorded on homes sold in this district over the last 12 months — the district may also serve neighbouring communities. Zones can change and run street by street — we confirm the exact assignment for any home before you offer.
Typical value is the median recorded sale price in the district. Typical annual tax and effective rate are the median recorded tax bill and that bill divided by the median sale price, across 524 recent sales carrying a reported tax figure — an observed cost ratio, not an official millage rate. District boundaries can cross town and postal lines, so always verify the district for a specific address.
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School district boundaries on Long Island often run street by street, so a Shirley mailing address doesn't guarantee a given school. We confirm a home's exact attendance zone before you make an offer.
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Homes for Sale in Shirley, NY
85 active listings currently on the market in Shirley. Data refreshed from the MLS in real time.
Active 19d
Ranch
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Ranch
Active 104d
Bungalow
Active 157d
Colonial
Active 115d
Ranch
Active 163d
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Listings courtesy of OneKey® MLS as distributed by MLS GRID.
Based on information submitted to the MLS GRID as of October 18, 2026 7:45 am. All data is obtained from various sources and may not have been verified by broker or MLS GRID. Supplied Open House Information is subject to change without notice. All information should be independently reviewed and verified for accuracy. Properties may or may not be listed by the office/agent presenting the information.
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| Address | Type | Beds / Ba | Sq Ft | Closed | Sale Price | $/Sq Ft | DOM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial | 3 bd / 3 ba | 1,588 | — | Sign in to view | — | 8d | |
| Ranch | 3 bd / 1 ba | 1,140 | — | Sign in to view | — | 20d | |
| Cape Cod | 4 bd / 2 ba | 1,673 | — | Sign in to view | — | 17d | |
| Ranch | 3 bd / 1 ba | 1,192 | — | Sign in to view | — | 18d | |
| Cape Cod | 4 bd / 2 ba | 2,129 | — | Sign in to view | — | 12d | |
| Ranch | 4 bd / 2 ba | 962 | — | Sign in to view | — | 29d | |
| Ranch | 3 bd / 2 ba | 1,076 | — | Sign in to view | — | 13d | |
| Ranch | 3 bd / 2 ba | 2,242 | — | Sign in to view | — | 39d | |
| Exp Cape | 4 bd / 2 ba | 1,848 | — | Sign in to view | — | 35d | |
| Exp Ranch | 4 bd / 2 ba | 1,284 | — | Sign in to view | — | 24d | |
| Exp Ranch | 4 bd / 1 ba | 1,248 | — | Sign in to view | — | 17d | |
| Ranch | 3 bd / 2 ba | 1,250 | — | Sign in to view | — | 25d |
Source: OneKey MLS — Shirley closed sales, last 180 days. Verify all figures independently before making decisions.
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How Shirley Fits Into the Suffolk County Market
Shirley’s median sale price of about $550K sits about 20% below the Suffolk County median of about $690K. These are whole-county figures over a settled trailing 12 months — the same data behind our full Suffolk County reports.
County medians describe the wider market, not any specific property, and are not a valuation of a home in Shirley.
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