Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainBlue Point has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
A typical one-way commute from Blue Point lasts 41 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26). 974 jobs are based in Blue Point; 2,566 of its residents have a job. Only 4% stay in Blue Point for work; outside it, Brookhaven is the main destination (26%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Blue Point: the figures worth knowing
Blue Point and Islip trade workers both ways
Islip is the top workplace for Blue Point residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Blue Point come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Blue Point workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (28 to 34 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Blue Point has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Blue Point went from 703 in 2013 to 974 in 2023, +39%. The jobs ↓
Blue Point empties out on a workday
About 3,100 people are in Blue Point on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than the 4,700 who live here: 2,500 head out to work and 880 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where people from Blue Point work
Where Blue Point clocks in
26% of workers
25% 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.
About 41 minutes each way for Blue Point’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blue Point workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,852 commuters (the 18% 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.
What Blue Point’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue Point, 2013 → 2023: 703 → 974. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blue Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Blue Point
On a workday 2,476 residents head out to work, 90 work right here, and 884 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Blue Point on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2023, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Blue Point
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door is work for 25% of Blue Point
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blue Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Point | – | — | — | 41 min | $154,625 |
| Patchogue | under 1% | A− | A | 32 min | $107,306 |
| Bayport | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Islip | 25% | A | A− | 28 min | $130,132 |
| North Patchogue | under 1% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Holbrook | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bayport, North Patchogue 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 Islip. Darker towns draw more of Blue Point’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 2023, 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 Blue Point: questions
What is the median household income in Blue Point?
$154,625 (±$20,946) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue Point?
7.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blue Point?
41 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blue Point work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (26%, 8 mi), Islip (25%, 9 mi), New York City (18%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blue Point without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blue Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue Point
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.