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Work & commute in Poquott · A commuter town

100% of Poquott’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Poquott for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brookhaven (36%), New York (15%) and Islip (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Work in town
0%
1 of 422 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
33 min
More than NY (33 min)
Work from home
24%
More than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
87
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Poquott?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

36% of working residents work in Brookhaven

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

NorwalkHillsdalePoquottGlen CoveRochesterNew York: 63 residents work here (15%)Babylon: 12 residents work here (3%)Riverhead: 9 residents work here (2%)Hempstead: 16 residents work here (4%)North Hempstead: 10 residents work here (2%)Brookhaven: 150 residents work here (36%)Islip: 45 residents work here (11%)Smithtown: 37 residents work here (9%)Huntington: 15 residents work here (4%)Southampton: 9 residents work here (2%)BrookhavenNew YorkIslipSmithtownHempsteadHuntingtonPoquott
1
Brookhaven9.5 mi away
36%150
2
New York48.7 mi away
15%63
3
Islip17.3 mi away
11%45
4
Smithtown5.1 mi away
9%37
5
Hempstead34.9 mi away
4%16
6
Huntington15.7 mi away
4%15
7
Babylon24.6 mi away
3%12
8
North Hempstead32.4 mi away
2%10
9
Riverhead19.7 mi away
2%9
10
Southampton33.2 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%56
The top trips

Where Poquott clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 33 minutes each way, about the NY average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
252 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Poquott33 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
24%

of Poquott workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Poquott quiets down on a workday

On a workday 421 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.

421live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
86work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,100
Workday790
1,100live here− 420head out to work+ 86come in to work= 790on a workday

About 790 people are in Poquott on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.21jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.21 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.

How far

Half of Poquott commutes less than 13 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi55 miBrookhaven: 36% · 9.5 miNew York: 15% · 48.7 miIslip: 11% · 17.3 miSmithtown: 9% · 5.1 miHempstead: 4% · 34.9 miHuntington: 4% · 15.7 miBabylon: 3% · 24.6 miNorth Hempstead: 2% · 32.4 miRiverhead: 2% · 19.7 miSouthampton: 2% · 33.2 miBrookhaven 36%New York 15%Islip 11%Smithtown 9%Hempstead 4%Poquott
PoquottTop destinations (size = commuters)
35%Under 10 mi149 residents
30%10–24 mi126 residents
26%25–50 mi110 residents
9%Over 50 mi37 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Poquott makes things: 36% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in PoquottJobs Poquott residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms36%11%
Trade, transport & utilities2%16%
Services: health, schools, offices62%73%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less23%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%13%
Over $3,333 a month48%74%

Who does it

29 or younger38%21%
30 to 5430%43%
55 and older32%36%
+47%

Jobs based in Poquott, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 87. 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.

Next door

Poquott and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Poquott’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Setauket26 min
East Setauket30 min
Poquott33 min
How to read these numbers

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.
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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.

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