Work & commute · Smithtown

Work & commute in Smithtown, NY

Most working residents leave Smithtown for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are New York (21%), Islip (13%) and Huntington (11%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

9,057 of 56,286 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47,229 Smithtown residents head out of town to work, 9,057 work right here, and 54,395 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smithtown.

47,229live here, work elsewhere

9,057live and work here

54,395work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smithtown goes to work

New York43.5 mi away

21%11,925

Smithtown (in town)right here

16%9,057

Islip14 mi away

13%7,281

Huntington10.7 mi away

11%6,383

Brookhaven12.1 mi away

9%4,928

Oyster Bay19.2 mi away

6%3,320

Hempstead29.9 mi away

5%3,061

Babylon20.5 mi away

5%2,668

North Hempstead27.3 mi away

4%2,397

Albany124.9 mi away

0%267

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%4,999

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

How far

How far Smithtown commutes

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

40%

26%

28%

40%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smithtown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Smithtown are

63,452 jobs are based in Smithtown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Smithtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Smithtown

63,452 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Smithtown residents hold

56,286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+17%

Jobs based in Smithtown, 2013 → 2023: 54,224 → 63,452. 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.