Work & commute · Shoreham

Work & commute in Shoreham, NY

Most working residents leave Shoreham for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brookhaven (41%), New York (14%) and Islip (12%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 294 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 293 Shoreham residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shoreham.

293live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shoreham goes to work

Brookhaven7.4 mi away

41%122

New York57.7 mi away

14%42

Islip22.5 mi away

12%34

Riverhead10.1 mi away

6%19

Hempstead43 mi away

4%12

Babylon30.6 mi away

3%10

Smithtown14.4 mi away

3%10

Huntington25 mi away

3%8

Oyster Bay33.3 mi away

2%5

Albany126.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%28

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

How far

How far Shoreham commutes

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

31%

35%

17%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shoreham is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shoreham are

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

Jobs based in Shoreham

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Shoreham residents hold

294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−4%

Jobs based in Shoreham, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 105. 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.