88% of Mattituck’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Mattituck for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Southold (31%), New York (15%) and Riverhead (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.
The short version on getting to work from Mattituck
Mattituck’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mattituck is New York, 77 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (286) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Mattituck are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Mattituck works from home
27% of Mattituck workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
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.
Half of Mattituck commutes less than 20 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 26% 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.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker 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 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mattituck workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Mattituck quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,643 residents head out to work, 223 work right here, and 1,070 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Mattituck on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
31% 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 Mattituck clocks in
31% of workers
15% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 1,293 jobs in Mattituck are
1,293 jobs are based in Mattituck. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mattituck’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mattituck, 2013 → 2023: 1,376 → 1,293. 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.
Mattituck and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Riverhead (9%). Darker towns draw more of Mattituck’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 Mattituck
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mattituck, 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.