Work & commute · Greenport

Work & commute in Greenport, NY

Most working residents leave Greenport for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Southold (44%), New York (16%) and Shelter Island (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

177 of 1,023 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 846 Greenport residents head out of town to work, 177 work right here, and 961 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenport.

846live here, work elsewhere

177live and work here

961work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenport goes to work

Southold3.6 mi away

44%447

New York87.6 mi away

16%159

Shelter Island4.6 mi away

4%42

Brookhaven35.3 mi away

4%41

Riverhead20.2 mi away

4%40

Southampton16 mi away

3%34

Islip50.9 mi away

3%27

Smithtown44.2 mi away

2%22

Huntington54.8 mi away

2%19

North Hempstead71.5 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%177

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

How far

How far Greenport commutes

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

44%

13%

30%

44%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenport are

1,138 jobs are based in Greenport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenport

1,138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Greenport residents hold

1,023 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+2%

Jobs based in Greenport, 2013 → 2023: 1,116 → 1,138. 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.