Work & commute · East Hampton

Work & commute in East Hampton, NY

41% of East Hampton’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Southampton (10%) and Brookhaven (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

4,491 of 10,998 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,507 East Hampton residents head out of town to work, 4,491 work right here, and 5,057 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Hampton.

6,507live here, work elsewhere

4,491live and work here

5,057work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Hampton goes to work

East Hampton (in town)right here

41%4,491

New York100.3 mi away

16%1,804

Southampton23.6 mi away

10%1,112

Brookhaven47.4 mi away

3%357

Islip62.6 mi away

3%283

Huntington67.8 mi away

2%205

Babylon70.5 mi away

2%165

Hempstead84.7 mi away

1%163

North Hempstead84.5 mi away

1%149

Oyster Bay76 mi away

1%129

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%2,140

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

How far

How far East Hampton commutes

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

42%

10%

39%

42%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Hampton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Hampton are

9,548 jobs are based in East Hampton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Hampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Hampton

9,548 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs East Hampton residents hold

10,998 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+7%

Jobs based in East Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 8,901 → 9,548. 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.