Work & commute · Southampton

Work & commute in Southampton, NY

About one in 3 of Southampton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (17%), Brookhaven (8%) and East Hampton (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

8,489 of 26,082 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 17,593 Southampton residents head out of town to work, 8,489 work right here, and 13,458 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southampton.

17,593live here, work elsewhere

8,489live and work here

13,458work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southampton goes to work

Southampton (in town)right here

33%8,489

New York78.7 mi away

17%4,564

Brookhaven26.1 mi away

8%2,079

East Hampton23.6 mi away

7%1,751

Riverhead14.7 mi away

5%1,275

Islip40.1 mi away

4%1,120

Huntington47.8 mi away

2%516

Southold19.3 mi away

2%429

Babylon47.7 mi away

2%427

Smithtown37.5 mi away

2%426

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%5,006

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

How far

How far Southampton commutes

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

35%

17%

31%

35%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southampton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Southampton are

21,947 jobs are based in Southampton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southampton

21,947 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Southampton residents hold

26,082 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+2%

Jobs based in Southampton, 2013 → 2023: 21,578 → 21,947. 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.