Work & commute · Muttontown

Work & commute in Muttontown, NY

Most working residents leave Muttontown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New York (44%), Oyster Bay (14%) and North Hempstead (13%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 1,443 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,410 Muttontown residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 1,907 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Muttontown.

1,410live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

1,907work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Muttontown goes to work

New York23.9 mi away

44%636

Oyster Bay2.2 mi away

14%196

North Hempstead7.6 mi away

13%188

Hempstead13.8 mi away

8%112

Huntington9.3 mi away

4%53

Islip19.3 mi away

3%37

Babylon17.2 mi away

2%26

Brookhaven30.2 mi away

2%22

Glen Cove7 mi away

1%20

Smithtown19.8 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%137

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

How far

How far Muttontown commutes

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

33%

48%

14%

33%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Muttontown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Muttontown are

1,940 jobs are based in Muttontown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Muttontown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Muttontown

1,940 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Muttontown residents hold

1,443 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+184%

Jobs based in Muttontown, 2013 → 2023: 684 → 1,940. 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.