Work & commute · Water Mill

Work & commute in Water Mill, NY

Most working residents leave Water Mill for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Southampton (33%), New York (20%) and East Hampton (9%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 833 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 796 Water Mill residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 1,123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Water Mill.

796live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

1,123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Water Mill goes to work

Southampton6.5 mi away

33%277

New York85 mi away

20%164

East Hampton17.3 mi away

9%72

Brookhaven32.1 mi away

5%45

Islip46.5 mi away

4%30

North Hempstead69.9 mi away

3%22

Hempstead68.8 mi away

2%16

Huntington53.6 mi away

2%16

Oyster Bay61.2 mi away

2%14

Smithtown43.2 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%168

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

How far

How far Water Mill commutes

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

38%

16%

40%

38%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Water Mill is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Water Mill are

1,160 jobs are based in Water Mill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Water Mill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Water Mill

1,160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Water Mill residents hold

833 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−22%

Jobs based in Water Mill, 2013 → 2023: 1,481 → 1,160. 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.