Work & commute · Centerport

Work & commute in Centerport, NY

Most working residents leave Centerport for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Huntington (25%), New York (24%) and Oyster Bay (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 2,693 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,616 Centerport residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 542 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centerport.

2,616live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

542work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centerport goes to work

Huntington1.3 mi away

25%675

New York34 mi away

24%658

Oyster Bay10.1 mi away

9%239

Islip15.8 mi away

8%202

North Hempstead17.4 mi away

7%191

Hempstead22.3 mi away

7%177

Babylon18.3 mi away

4%120

Smithtown10.2 mi away

4%114

Brookhaven21.7 mi away

3%83

Albany123.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%219

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Centerport commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

36%

25%

35%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centerport is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Centerport are

619 jobs are based in Centerport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Centerport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Centerport

619 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Centerport residents hold

2,693 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+9%

Jobs based in Centerport, 2013 → 2023: 566 → 619. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.