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Lake Grove

  • Population
    11,446
  • Change from 1990
    20%
  • Population density
    3,883 per square mile
  • Median household income
    $87,818.0
  • Median age
    38 years
  • Married with children
    39% of households
  • Median age of dwellings
    33 years
  • Owner-occupied
    77% of homes
  • LIRR travel time to NYC
    From Ronkonkoma: 69-85 minutes
  • Crime risk
    38 (100 = national average)
demographic profile | home value estimates

Recent Home Sales

Buyers guide

  • High-end

    Price: $550,000-850,000
    Specs: 4-5 BR, 3 BA; Many with basements
    Colonials and new construction

  • Trade-up

    Price: $350,000-$400,000
    Specs: 3-4 BR, 1-2 BA
    High-ranches, Colonials, capes

  • Starter

    Price: $250,000-$300,000
    Specs: 2-3 BR, 1 BA
    Ranches
Source: Carrie Mitchell, Century 21 Lake Grove

Home Prices

  • Median price of single-family home in Lake Grove:

    2012 $335,250.0
    2011 $313,000.0
    2010 $359,500.0
    2009 $380,000.0
    2008 $417,500.0
    2007 $449,950.0

Community Profile

Subdivisions continue to sprout in the village. For instance, custom homes at Windwood Oaks on Moriches Road are being built in three phases. The first, with spacious homes priced from $820,000 to the mid-$900,000 range, is almost complete, said Diane Lasak, the development's sales agent, noting two lots are still available.

Encore Lake Grove, a gated community for adults 55 and older located opposite Smith Haven Mall, has 228 luxury town houses priced from the upper-$400,000s to the mid-$600,000s.

Quiet neighborhoods feature ranches, capes, Colonials, Victorians and contemporaries for $320,000 to $800,000-plus, said Carrie Mitchell, broker-owner of Century 21 Cambridge in Lake Grove.

New recreational areas include Robert J. Henke Park off Pond Path Drive and a recreation center by the village green where summer concerts are held.

Suffolk County recently purchased 10 acres around Goulds Pond off Moriches Road as a preserve, Mayor Robert Scottaline said.

-Lisa Doll Bruno (8/4/2006)

Compare Schools


District

Students
Spending per pupil
Average teacher salary
Pupil / teacher ratio
Master's degrees*
Advanced diplomas**
Sachem
15,528
$15,142.3
$72,846.0
13.6
53%
55%
Patchogue-Medford
9,144
$13,294.6
$74,316.0
14.9
59%
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Middle Country
11,520
$12,814.1
$60,868.0
16.0
63%
34%
Three Village
8,004
$14,487.5
$62,802.0
13.5
42%
70%
Comsewogue
3,946
$13,795.2
$71,980.0
14.9
56%
32%
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*Classroom teachers with a master's degree plus 30 hours or a doctorate.
**Graduates receiving Regents diplomas with advanced designation.
For more test scores and other school information, visit our
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