Work & commute · Westhampton Beach

Work & commute in Westhampton Beach, NY

Most working residents leave Westhampton Beach for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Southampton (31%), New York (19%) and Brookhaven (12%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

97 of 789 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 692 Westhampton Beach residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 1,768 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westhampton Beach.

692live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

1,768work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westhampton Beach goes to work

Southampton10.9 mi away

31%242

New York68.5 mi away

19%146

Brookhaven16.8 mi away

12%94

Islip29.6 mi away

6%47

Riverhead12.1 mi away

5%36

East Hampton34.4 mi away

3%21

Huntington38.6 mi away

3%21

Babylon37 mi away

2%14

North Hempstead54 mi away

2%12

Smithtown28.9 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%144

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

How far

How far Westhampton Beach commutes

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

30%

20%

19%

30%

30%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westhampton Beach is a job hub

2.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westhampton Beach are

1,865 jobs are based in Westhampton Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westhampton Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westhampton Beach

1,865 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Westhampton Beach residents hold

789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+27%

Jobs based in Westhampton Beach, 2013 → 2023: 1,470 → 1,865. 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.