97% of East Marion’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave East Marion for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Southold (36%), New York (17%) and Islip (5%). Half commute less than 37 miles.
What stands out about work in East Marion
East Marion’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside East Marion is New York, 90 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (58) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
East Marion is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in East Marion, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 334 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of East Marion commutes less than 37 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 41% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
East Marion quiets down on a workday
On a workday 324 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in East Marion on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
36% of working residents work in Southold
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where East Marion clocks in
36% of workers
17% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 82 jobs in East Marion are
82 jobs are based in East Marion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Marion’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Marion, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 82. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Marion workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
East Marion and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Shelter Island (1%). Darker towns draw more of East Marion’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of East Marion
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Marion, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.