Photo: Jason640 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Bayport commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
2,083 jobs are based in Bayport; 4,333 of its residents have a job. Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 12% of workers, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Bayport in brief
28% of working residents work in Islip
Where Bayport clocks in
28% of workers
20% of workers
18% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who works in Bayport, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,135 residents head out to work, 198 work right here, and 1,885 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,700 people are in Bayport on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Bayport
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bayport, 2014 → 2024: 2,382 → 2,083. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bayport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Bayport: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bayport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,096 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Bayport’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
20% of Bayport works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bayport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayport | – | — | — | 30 min | $147,818 |
| Sayville | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Brookhaven | 20% | A− | A− | 32 min | $120,110 |
| Blue Point | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Holbrook | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sayville, Blue Point and Holbrook: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Brookhaven. Darker towns draw more of Bayport’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bayport: questions
What is the median household income in Bayport?
$147,818 (±$19,361) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bayport?
6.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bayport?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bayport work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Islip (28%, 8 mi), Brookhaven (20%, 9 mi), New York City (18%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bayport without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bayport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bayport
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.