Work & commute · Sag Harbor

Work & commute in Sag Harbor, NY

Most working residents leave Sag Harbor for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Southampton (23%), East Hampton (20%) and New York (19%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

112 of 856 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 744 Sag Harbor residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 1,255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sag Harbor.

744live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

1,255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sag Harbor goes to work

Southampton11.9 mi away

23%198

East Hampton11.7 mi away

20%173

New York89.3 mi away

19%164

Islip51.2 mi away

3%26

Brookhaven36.3 mi away

3%22

Huntington57.3 mi away

2%14

Babylon59 mi away

2%13

North Hempstead73.8 mi away

2%13

Hempstead73.4 mi away

1%12

Oyster Bay65.2 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%209

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

How far

How far Sag Harbor commutes

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

41%

13%

42%

41%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sag Harbor is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sag Harbor are

1,367 jobs are based in Sag Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sag Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sag Harbor

1,367 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Sag Harbor residents hold

856 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+32%

Jobs based in Sag Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 1,032 → 1,367. 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.