Living in Port Jefferson Station
Key metrics and insights for homebuyers and sellers evaluating Port Jefferson Station, Suffolk, NY 11776.
How far is Port Jefferson Station from New York City by train?
From Port Jefferson Station on the LIRR Port Jefferson Branch, scheduled weekday AM-peak service takes about 104 minutes to Penn Station, 107 minutes to Grand Central Madison, 108 minutes to Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn (MTA LIRR timetable data).
Is Port Jefferson Station walkable?
Port Jefferson Station has a Walk Score of 23 out of 100, which Walk Score rates "Car-Dependent".
Nearby Long Island Rail Road stations and typical weekday AM-peak travel times to the Manhattan and Brooklyn terminals. Many Port Jefferson Station 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.
Port Jefferson Station Market Data
Current market conditions and pricing trends for Port Jefferson Station, Suffolk, NY.
Single-family, condo and co-op homes are measured separately — these medians are never blended together. Based on 243 recorded closings in ZIP 11776 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 11776 are up about 4% year over year, comparing 186 sales in the 12 months to September 18, 2026 with 165 in the 12 months to September 18, 2025. Over the past 2 years, single-family monthly median sale prices in ZIP 11776 have ranged from $560K to $690K.
Based on information from OneKey® MLS, for the period October 20, 2025 through October 2, 2026. Source: OneKey MLS (recorded LI sales, trailing 12mo) + actual tax. Based on 159 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, 211 homes in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district were bought by a company and resold within two years. Over the whole period the typical one was bought for $251,000 and resold for $413,000, a median of 6.8 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 +4.7%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house.
What these homes resold for moved from a median of $330,000 in 2017 to $530,000 in 2024, up about 61% over the period.
The pandemic years cut against the intuition that investors moved in. Companies bought 14.2% of homes here in 2019, then 8.4% in 2020 and 7.9% 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 38 in 2019 to 19 in 2021.
The resales that did happen in those years were the strongest of the period: the typical one in 2021 came in 76% above what the buyer had paid, against 62% across the years as a whole.
Since then it has reversed. Company buying reached 13.1% in 2024 — below its 2019 level of 14.2%.
In 2025, 16 homes in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $364,000 and resold for a median of $590,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 48% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 6.1 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 +2.4%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house. 6% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 11.8% of the 220 homes sold in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district that year (26 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, 19 homes in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $350,000 and resold for a median of $530,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 48% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 6.2 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 +6.8%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house.
Companies bought 13.1% of the 259 homes sold in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district that year (34 of them).
In 2023, 23 homes in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $362,000 and resold for a median of $525,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 54% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 5.4 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 +1.8%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house. 9% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 11.9% of the 243 homes sold in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district that year (29 of them).
In 2022, 22 homes in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $305,000 and resold for a median of $510,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 68% 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 +1.8%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house.
Companies bought 13.5% of the 327 homes sold in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district that year (44 of them).
In 2021, 19 homes in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $245,208 and resold for a median of $437,750. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 76% 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 +6.0%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house.
Companies bought 7.9% of the 417 homes sold in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district that year (33 of them).
In 2020, 27 homes in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $240,960 and resold for a median of $379,999. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 58% 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 +9.5%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house. 4% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 8.4% of the 367 homes sold in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district that year (31 of them).
In 2019, 38 homes in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $220,500 and resold for a median of $380,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 67% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 7.5 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. 3% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 14.2% of the 380 homes sold in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district that year (54 of them).
In 2018, 26 homes in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $199,500 and resold for a median of $350,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 73% 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 +4.3%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house. 12% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 14.5% of the 380 homes sold in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district that year (55 of them).
In 2017, 21 homes in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district were resold by a company that had bought them within the previous two years. They were bought for a median of $205,000 and resold for a median of $330,000. Measured house by house, the typical resale was 56% above what that same buyer had paid, a median of 7.1 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 +4.4%, so most of the difference is not the market carrying the house. 10% resold for less than they paid.
Companies bought 11.6% of the 362 homes sold in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district that year (42 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, 409 homes in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue school district passed between family members rather than being sold — about 16 for every 100 that sold on the open market.
82% 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 43 homes for sale in Port Jefferson Station today, 14 are now asking less than they originally asked — 32.6%, against 34.6% across Suffolk. 3 sellers have raised their asking price.
And among the homes that actually sold
Among the 230 homes that sold in Port Jefferson Station over the last twelve settled months, 20.9% had cut their price before they sold — up from 17.2% 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 182 Port Jefferson Station homes that sold without ever reducing achieved 101.6% of their asking price in a median of 25 days. The 48 that did reduce achieved 94.8% of what they first asked, after 62 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 Port Jefferson Station 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
Port Jefferson Station reads as a Seller's Market: about 2.6 months of single-family supply, and homes sold in a median of 28 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 Port Jefferson Station 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 informationPort Jefferson Station: FEMA flood dataMedian NFIP cost, single-family homes, ZIP 11776: $860 a year (Aug 2026)
Based on 15 policies, a small sample.
Median yearly cost by FEMA zone: moderate- to low-risk zones (X, B, C) $860 (15 policies, small sample).
Cost trend, Suffolk County
Median yearly cost of single-family NFIP policies taking effect each month.
In Suffolk County, the typical monthly median yearly cost of single-family NFIP policies taking effect in June through August 2026 was $1,410, 14% higher than the typical month in June through August 2025 ($1,230). Based on 6,422 and 6,811 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 Port Jefferson Station
Port Jefferson Station is one of Suffolk's most established residential communities, offering a distinctive blend of suburban character and metropolitan accessibility. Located in the 11776 zip code, the community is served by the Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District.
With a median single-family sale price of $641,625 and a median recorded property tax of $12,200 a year across single-family sales in ZIP 11776 (Port Jefferson Station mailing area), Port Jefferson Station pairs an established housing stock with direct access to New York City. The commute to Manhattan averages approximately 104 min via the Long Island Rail Road.
Port Jefferson Station's housing splits across ownership forms — coops selling at a median of $226K, condos selling at a median of $517K, single-family homes selling at a median of $642K — 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. Both coop and condo buildings are active markets here — see the segment data above for how each is currently moving.
Joseph's Insider Guide to Port Jefferson Station
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 Port Jefferson Station a good place to live for commuters?
The LIRR connects Port Jefferson Station to Penn Station and Grand Central Madison in approximately 104 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 Port Jefferson Station, NY?
Port Jefferson Station homeowners pay a median of approximately $12,200 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 Port Jefferson Station?
The single-family market in ZIP 11776 (Port Jefferson Station mailing area) is currently a Seller's Market, with homes selling in about 28 days. Single-family sale prices in ZIP 11776 (Port Jefferson Station mailing area) changed +4% 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 Port Jefferson Station different from other Suffolk communities?
Port Jefferson Station is a long-established community served by the Brookhaven-Comsewogue 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 Port Jefferson Station?
School district boundaries in Port Jefferson Station 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 Port Jefferson Station walkable for everyday living?
Port Jefferson Station has a Walk Score of 23/100, measured at a single point near the centre of Port Jefferson Station. Walkability varies street by street, so check the score for a specific address; the LIRR provides Manhattan access in approximately 104 min.
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Schools in Port Jefferson Station, NY
Port Jefferson Station is served by the Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District. Attendance zones on Long Island are assigned street by street, so a Port Jefferson Station mailing address does not by itself determine which school a home is zoned for.
Individual school assignments in Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District are made street by street. Contact the district for building assignments, or ask us to confirm the zone for a specific address.
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Homes for Sale in Port Jefferson Station, NY
50 active listings currently on the market in Port Jefferson Station. Data refreshed from the MLS in real time.
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| Address | Type | Beds / Ba | Sq Ft | Closed | Sale Price | $/Sq Ft | DOM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranch | 3 bd / 2 ba | 1,200 | — | Sign in to view | — | 12d | |
| Hi Ranch | 4 bd / 3 ba | 2,000 | — | Sign in to view | — | 14d | |
| Ranch | 4 bd / 2 ba | 2,000 | — | Sign in to view | — | 15d | |
| Split Level | 3 bd / 2 ba | 1,260 | — | Sign in to view | — | 8d | |
| Colonial | 3 bd / 3 ba | 1,419 | — | Sign in to view | — | 8d | |
| Ranch | 3 bd / 2 ba | 1,392 | — | Sign in to view | — | 5d | |
| Ranch | 3 bd / 3 ba | 1,378 | — | Sign in to view | — | 24d | |
| Hi Ranch | 5 bd / 2 ba | 1,812 | — | Sign in to view | — | 15d | |
| Garden | 1 bd / 1 ba | 700 | — | Sign in to view | — | 4d | |
| Contemporary | 4 bd / 4 ba | 3,220 | — | Sign in to view | — | 5d | |
| Ranch | 3 bd / 2 ba | 1,215 | — | Sign in to view | — | 21d | |
| Colonial | 6 bd / 4 ba | 1,822 | — | Sign in to view | — | 16d |
Source: OneKey MLS — Port Jefferson Station closed sales, last 180 days. Verify all figures independently before making decisions.
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How Port Jefferson Station Fits Into the Suffolk County Market
Port Jefferson Station’s median sale price of about $642K sits about 7% 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 Port Jefferson Station.
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