Work & commute · East Hampton

Work & commute in East Hampton, NY

Most working residents leave East Hampton for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are East Hampton (33%), New York (16%) and Southampton (6%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

122 of 666 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 544 East Hampton residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 2,212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Hampton.

544live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

2,212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Hampton goes to work

East Hampton10.8 mi away

33%220

New York93.3 mi away

16%107

Southampton14.7 mi away

6%42

Brookhaven40.4 mi away

6%40

Babylon62.4 mi away

3%21

Islip54.8 mi away

3%18

Huntington61.8 mi away

2%14

Oyster Bay69.5 mi away

1%9

Riverhead27.1 mi away

1%8

Westport, CT60.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%180

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.

37%

15%

44%

37%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Hampton is a job hub

3.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in East Hampton are

2,334 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

2,334 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs East Hampton residents hold

666 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−6%

Jobs based in East Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 2,471 → 2,334. 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.