Work & commute · Setauket

Work & commute in Setauket, NY

Most working residents leave Setauket for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Brookhaven (35%), New York (17%) and Islip (14%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 1,846 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,757 Setauket residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Setauket.

1,757live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Setauket goes to work

Brookhaven10.6 mi away

35%651

New York47.6 mi away

17%316

Islip17.1 mi away

14%252

Smithtown4.2 mi away

9%170

Huntington14.6 mi away

5%89

Hempstead34.1 mi away

3%57

Oyster Bay23.3 mi away

3%49

Babylon24.2 mi away

2%41

North Hempstead31.3 mi away

1%26

Southampton34.5 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%173

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

How far

How far Setauket commutes

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

41%

27%

25%

41%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Setauket is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Setauket are

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

Jobs based in Setauket

968 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Setauket residents hold

1,846 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−11%

Jobs based in Setauket, 2013 → 2023: 1,090 → 968. 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.