THE EAST SETAUKET LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Long Island Sound Coastal Lowland setting.
East Setauket CDP has 6.02 square miles of land in Suffolk County. Its Census reference point is in Long Island Sound Coastal Lowland, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
East Setauket and Suffolk County
East Setauket 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.
East Setauket by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within East Setauket, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 60.7 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, East Setauket CDP has 2.3 times the land area of nearby Port Jefferson Station CDP (2.64 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

