Work & commute · Southampton

Work & commute in Southampton, NY

Most working residents leave Southampton for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Southampton (31%), New York (22%) and East Hampton (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

282 of 1,537 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,255 Southampton residents head out of town to work, 282 work right here, and 4,698 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southampton.

1,255live here, work elsewhere

282live and work here

4,698work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southampton goes to work

Southampton3.1 mi away

31%483

New York81.7 mi away

22%333

East Hampton21.5 mi away

5%84

Brookhaven29.1 mi away

5%72

Islip43 mi away

5%70

Huntington50.9 mi away

3%40

Hempstead65.3 mi away

2%32

Riverhead17.6 mi away

2%30

Oyster Bay58.1 mi away

2%28

North Hempstead66.9 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%341

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.

32%

17%

42%

32%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southampton is a job hub

3.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southampton are

4,980 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

4,980 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Southampton residents hold

1,537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−1%

Jobs based in Southampton, 2013 → 2023: 5,028 → 4,980. 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.