Melville

Melville is an affluent hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York. The population was 19,284 at the 2020 census. The Long Island Expressway (LIE) and Northern State Parkway, two of Long Island's busiest highways and major points of entry in and out of New York City, pass through Melville. In the past, Melville and some of its neighbors have unsuccessfully proposed incorporating as the Incorporated Village of Half Hollow Hills. The area was known to the Native Americans as Sunsquams. Melville is located at 40°4730N 73°2420W (40.791593, 73.405439) and has a total area of 12.1 square miles (31.3 km²). Melville lies directly east of the boundary with Nassau County. New York State Route 110 runs through the center of Melville, with an elevation of 387 feet (118 m) to 400.9 feet (122.2 m) above sea level. The closest rail line is the LIRR's Main Line to Ronkonkoma and Greenport, but the closest station on that line is Pinelawn, which only sees service on the weekend. There is either long-distance bus service to and from the LIE or a park-and-ride parking lot with a bus shelter adjacent to the north of the Lie, but there is no carpool service.

History

Melville is the primary city name, but also Huntingtn Sta, Huntington Station are acceptable city names or spellings, Dix Hills on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. The official name is Melville, New York. Melville was known to the Native Americans as Sunsquams. In the 17th century it was known as Samuel Ketcham's Valley, named for a local resident. In 1854 the name was replaced by Melville in school records. In 1909 a trolley line to Huntington was established. The line was shut down a decade later after farmers complained that noise from the trolley frightened their animals. Melville is also home to one of New York Senator and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's nine home state offices. In May 2011, construction commenced for the replacement of the Northern State Parkway bridge over Route 110. The original bridge was 63 years old. The project was budgeted for $56,000,000 and was completed in 2014. Long Island's highest point is Jayne's Hill in the neighboring hamlet of West Hills, with an elevation of 387 feet (118 m) to 400.9 feet (122.2 m) above sea level. In 2001, Melville, Dix Hills Wheatley Heights, and East Farmingdale (all within the school district) proposed incorporating as a single village. These plans also failed and each remain unincorporated hamlets to this day. This village would have had an area of roughly 50 square miles (130 km²) and would have embraced the Half Hollow Hills Central School District (CSD 5) The plans were unsuccessful. The village's name may be derived from the Latin for honey (the area had an abundance of honey bees, and may have also been the origin of the previous Sweet Hollow name).

Geography

Melville is located at 40°4730N 73°2420W (40.791593, 73.405439).According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Melville has a total area of 12.1 square miles (31.3 km²) Melville lies directly east of the boundary with Nassau County. It is located on Long Island's East Coast, just east of New York City. The town has a population of 1,788. It has a post office with a ZIP code of 47215. It was founded in 1858. The city was named after the town of Melville, New York, which was once part of the state of New Jersey. It became part of New Hampshire in 1855. It received its first post office in 1859. It closed in 1876. It reopened in 1883. It had a population in 1881. It got its current name from the town's name, which means "magnificent" or "beautiful" in English. It also means "mountain" in the local dialect. It's located on the East Coast of New England. It lies on the Nassau River, which runs through the town. The community is located in the eastern part of Long Island, just south of Newburgh. It sits on the eastern edge of the Long Island peninsula, just west of the city of Nassau. The village is located near the border with Long Island City, New Hampshire.

Transportation

The Long Island Expressway (LIE) and Northern State Parkway, two of Long Island's busiest highways, pass through Melville. Melville's primary mode of public transit is the S1 bus run by Suffolk County Transit. A park and ride/carpool parking lot with a bus shelter exists adjacent to the north of the LIE, but long-distance bus service to and from there is either highly occasional or nonexistent. Up until 1927 Melville was served by the Huntington Railroad's street car line which ran along what today is Route 110. Today the closest rail line is the LIRR's Main Line to Ronkonkoma and Greenport, but the closest station on that line is Pinelawn which only sees weekend service. The "Suffolk Clipper" express bus service also serves the numerous business parks in South Melville during weekdays. The town has a population of about 2,000 people, the majority of whom live in the town of Melville and its surrounding areas. It is located on the East River, which runs through the center of the town. The Long Island Railroad has a station in Melville on the Main Line, but it only sees full service on the weekend. The closest station with full service is Huntington, which is also the closest train station to the city of New York City on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The town's population is about 1,500 people, with most of its residents living in or near the town center.

Demographics

In the census of 2000, there were 14,533 people, 4,930 households, and 3,993 families residing in the Melville CDP. The population was 18,985 at the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census the population was 19,284 with 6,883 households. The median house price in Melville as of 2007 is about $900,000. In 2000, the median income for a household in the CDP was $132,527, and the median incomes for a family was $170,881. The per capita income for the C DP was $125,053. About 3.0% of families and 4.0%. of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 3.2. of those age 65 or over. The racial makeup of the CPD was 84.6% White, 7.4% Asian, 3% Black, 0% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.04% from other races, and 4%.4% from two or more races. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.23. The. median age was 39 years. For every 100 females,there were 94.6 males. For each 100 females age 18 or over, there are 91.9 males. The CDP has a population density of 1,284.00 per square mile (495.7/km²).

Education

Half Hollow Hills Central School District and South Huntington Union Free School District serve Melville. The Katharine Gibbs School Melville serves the post-school population with certificates and associate degrees. Melville is located on the banks of the Susquehannock River. The town has a population of about 1,000 people. It is located near the town of Huntington, West Virginia. The city is on the Susququah River, which runs through Melville and into Huntington, W.V. It was founded in 1858 and was named after the town's first post-secondary school, Melville High School. It also has a high school, which was established in 1859. It has a post-high school, where it was known as Melville Junior High. The community also has an elementary school and a middle school, both of which are located in the town. The area is served by two school districts, the Half Hollow Hills and the South Huntington Unified School District. The school district also serves the town with a free school program for the children of Melville residents. It opened its doors to the community in 1881. It closed its doors in 1883. It reopened again in 1894, and is still serving the community today. The district has a number of schools, including Melville Elementary and Melville Middle and High School, as well as an adult education program for Melville's post-graduates. It serves the community with certificates, associate degrees, and other certificates.

Economy

Melville and Happauge are the two primary business centers of Suffolk County, home to almost one and a half million people. Melville still is home to many U.S. headquarters of a number of national and international corporations, including Canon USA, Chyron Corporation, Leviton, MSC Industrial Direct, Nikon USA, the medical and dental supply distributor Henry Schein, Bouchard Transportation, and Verint Systems. In early 2013, Canon Inc. moved into its new regional headquarters for North and South America in Melvillea $500-million 668,296-square-foot (62,086.7 m2) glass structure near Exit 49 of the Long Island Expressway. The company chose Melville over other tri-state area locations because the employees "didn't want to leave the area". Other firms to leave include First Data, Olympus America Inc. who moved in 2006 to Center Valley, Pennsylvania, and the national pizza chain Sbarro, which went into bankruptcy and reemerged in 2014, relocating to Columbus, Ohio. Around 2002, Swiss International Air Lines's North American headquarters moved from Melville to Uniondale in the town of Hempstead. The facility, the former Swissair North American headquarter site, was completed in 1995. The building is now owned by Damianos Realty Group, LLC, a Long Island-based real estate company. The independent television station WLNY-TV operates a studio inMelville where it had been based before being purchased by CBS and moved to the network's Manhattan facility.

Fire protection

The Melville Volunteer Fire Department was established in 1947. The department responds to more than 3,500 alarms in a year and provides protection 24hrs a day, 7 days a week, with an annual budget of $1.5 million. The fire department is capable of handling all emergencies including any type of fire, heavy rescue (extrications), emergency ambulances, haz-mat and other related tasks.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Melville, Suffolk County, New York = 31.3. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 60. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 10. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Melville = 3.7 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 429,954 individuals with a median age of 41 age the population grows by 23.45% in Melville, Suffolk County, New York population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,592.27 residents per square mile of area (614.78/km²). There are average 2.85 people per household in the 6,181 households with an average household income of $111,200 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 7.30% of the available work force and has dropped -3.67% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 25.36%. The number of physicians in Melville per 100,000 population = 248.1.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Melville = 50.6 inches and the annual snowfall = 24.7 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 119. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 205. 84 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 21.9 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 48, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Melville, Suffolk County, New York which are owned by the occupant = 80.96%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 29 years with median home cost = $496,680 and home appreciation of -4.07%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $26.26 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $13,659 per student. There are 12.5 students for each teacher in the school, 511 students for each Librarian and 457 students for each Counselor. 5.75% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 24.95% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 23.34% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).