Work & commute · Patchogue

Work & commute in Patchogue, NY

Most working residents leave Patchogue for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Brookhaven (30%), Islip (21%) and New York (16%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

405 of 5,575 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 5,170 Patchogue residents head out of town to work, 405 work right here, and 5,360 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Patchogue.

5,170live here, work elsewhere

405live and work here

5,360work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Patchogue goes to work

Brookhaven7.2 mi away

30%1,651

Islip9.8 mi away

21%1,180

New York48.6 mi away

16%893

Smithtown13.5 mi away

5%288

Huntington20.4 mi away

4%223

Babylon17.7 mi away

4%214

Hempstead32.1 mi away

4%202

Oyster Bay25.8 mi away

3%166

North Hempstead34.6 mi away

2%117

Riverhead21.6 mi away

2%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%544

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

How far

How far Patchogue commutes

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

39%

28%

19%

14%

39%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Patchogue is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Patchogue are

5,765 jobs are based in Patchogue. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Patchogue’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Patchogue

5,765 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Patchogue residents hold

5,575 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−4%

Jobs based in Patchogue, 2013 → 2023: 6,026 → 5,765. 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.