Real Estate
11978 Among Most Expensive Zip Codes in America
One Long Island location is home to the second most expensive zip code in the country, according to new Forbes list.

Photo: This home in West Hampton is on the market for $8.4 million. Credit: Zillow
Do you know which zip code comes with the highest price?
Forbes has compiled its annual list of America’s Most Expensive ZIP Codes and many Long Island postal codes have made the cut.
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It seems that Long Island’s East End dominates the list of expensive zip codes with Sagaponack’s 11962 zip code leading the way as the No. 2 most expensive zip code in America. The median price of a home on the market in Sagaponack is $7,416,530. These homes typically stay on the market for an average of 111 days and the zip code has an active inventory of 37 homes on the market.
America’s most expensive zip code was found to be 94027, which belongs to Atherton, Calif. This West Coast zip code has an inventory of 20 homes on the market and a median home price of $10,564,038.
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To determine which zip codes have the most money behind them, Forbes said housing market data provider Altos Research looked at single-family home price data for more than 95 percent of the U.S. population. Check out the full list here and the methodology here.
Here are the 26 Long Island zip codes that made the list:
11962— Sagaponack
- No. 2 on the list
- Median Price: $7,416,538
- Average Days on Market: 111
- Inventory: 37
11976—Water Mill
- No. 18 on the list
- Median Price: $4,221,615
- Average Days on Market: 148
- Inventory: 93
11975— Wainscott
- No. 21 on the list
- Median Price: $4,148,077
- Average Days on Market: 141
- Inventory: 24
11932— Bridgehampton
- No. 26 on the list
- Median Price: $3,992,269
- Average Days on Market: 102
- Inventory: 85
11568— Old Westbury
- No. 44 on the list
- Median Price: $3,105,880
- Average Days on Market: 227
- Inventory: 81
11024— Great Neck
- No. 60 on the list
- Median Price: $2,742,051
- Average Days on Market: 133
- Inventory: 89
11930— Amagansett
- No. 63 on the list
- Median Price: $2,693,654
- Average Days on Market: 106
- Inventory: 95
11959— Quogue
- No. 70 on the list
- Median Price: $2,546,183
- Average Days on Market: 246
- Inventory: 97
11785— Mill Neck
- No. 103 on the list
- Median Price: $2,121,154
- Average Days on Market: 157
- Inventory: 27
11968— Southampton
- No. 112 on the list
- Median Price: $2,064,030
- Average Days on Market: 134
- Inventory: 444
11560— Locust Valley
- No. 124 on the list
- Median Price: $1,992,100
- Average Days on Market: 174
- Inventory: 88
11565— Glen Head
- No. 129 on the list
- Median Price: $1,950,500
- Average Days on Market: 183
- Inventory: 172
11963— Sag Harbor
- No. 136 on the list
- Median Price: $1,882,471
- Average Days on Market: 114
- Inventory: 137
11030— Manhasset
- No. 141 on the list
- Median Price: $1,866,118
- Average Days on Market: 122
- Inventory: 104
11978— Westhampton Beach
- No. 172 on the list
- Median Price: $1,640,961
- Average Days on Market: 226
- Inventory: 209
11724— Cold Spring Harbor
- No. 192 on the list
- Median Price: $1,580,038
- Average Days on Market: 139
- Inventory: 54
11771— Oyster Bay
- No. 197 on the list
- Median Price: $1,548,796
- Average Days on Market: 155
- Inventory: 136
11937— East Hampton
- No. 206 on the list
- Median Price: $1,533,773
- Average Days on Market: 124
- Inventory: 470
11954— Montauk
- No. 224 on the list
- Median Price: $1,481,088
- Average Days on Market: 116
- Inventory: 91
11020— Great Neck
- No. 268
- Median Price: $1,385,557
- Average Days on Market: 93
- Inventory: 53
11960— Remsenburg
- No. 320
- Median Price: $1,236,192
- Average Days on Market: 199
- Inventory: 74
11964— Shelter Island
- No. 334 on the list
- Median Price: $1,216,346
- Average Days on Market: 165
- Inventory: 77
11576— Roslyn
- No. 336
- Median Price: $1,214,988
- Average Days on Market: 147
- Inventory: 131
11050— Port Washington
- No. 348 on the list
- Median Price: $1,191,865
- Average Days on Market: 133
- Inventory: 199
11023— Great Neck
- No. 365 on the list
- Median Price: $1,164,207
- Average Days on Market: 120
- Inventory: 78
11958— Peconic
- No. 397 on the list
- Median Price: $1,115,260
- Average Days on Market: 112
- Inventory: 26
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