Work & commute · Fort Salonga

Work & commute in Fort Salonga, NY

Most working residents leave Fort Salonga for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (24%), Huntington (22%) and Islip (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

180 of 4,445 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

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,265 Fort Salonga residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 3,039 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Salonga.

4,265live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

3,039work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Salonga goes to work

New York37.8 mi away

24%1,078

Huntington4.7 mi away

22%984

Islip14.2 mi away

9%384

Smithtown6 mi away

8%346

Oyster Bay13.6 mi away

7%302

Hempstead25.2 mi away

6%277

North Hempstead21.4 mi away

5%243

Babylon18.6 mi away

5%201

Brookhaven17.7 mi away

4%193

Albany124.2 mi away

0%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%415

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

How far

How far Fort Salonga commutes

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

31%

35%

28%

31%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Salonga is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Salonga are

3,219 jobs are based in Fort Salonga. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Salonga’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Salonga

3,219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Fort Salonga residents hold

4,445 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+12%

Jobs based in Fort Salonga, 2013 → 2023: 2,881 → 3,219. 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.