THE CENTRAL ISLIP LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cape Cod/Long Island setting.
Central Islip CDP has 7.16 square miles of land in Suffolk County. Its Census reference point is in Cape Cod/Long Island, within Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens.
Sandy coastal landscapes combine beaches, dunes, bays and marshes with oak-pine woodland. These pine-barrens settings form a transition between warmer southern coasts and rockier shores farther north.
Regional context: Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Central Islip and Suffolk County
Central Islip is associated with Suffolk County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Central Islip by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Central Islip, or 0% of its total area. It is 61.6 percentage points lower than the 61.6% recorded for Suffolk County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Central Islip CDP has 3.2 times the land area of nearby Islandia village (2.21 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

