Photo: Americasroof at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Calverton has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 4,254 people come in to work
There are 4,394 jobs in Calverton for 2,464 working residents. Only 6% work in Calverton itself; outside it, Riverhead draws the most (18%, 5 miles). The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Calverton apart on work
Calverton is where the jobs are
Calverton has 4,394 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Calverton and Brookhaven trade workers both ways
Brookhaven is the top workplace for Calverton residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Calverton come from (40% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Calverton are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Calverton are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
The daily commute in and out of Calverton
On a workday 2,324 residents head out to work and 140 work right here.
About 7,500 people are in Calverton on a workday afternoon, 34% more 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.
Where Calverton’s workforce comes from
Where Calverton clocks in
18% of workers
17% of workers
16% 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.
In Calverton, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calverton, 2013 → 2023: 3,873 → 4,394. 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 Calverton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Calverton spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calverton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,823 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where in the region Calverton works
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Calverton and its neighbors: 26% work next door
The biggest share goes to Brookhaven (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Calverton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calverton | – | — | — | 28 min | $60,442 |
| Manorville | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Brookhaven | 17% | A− | A− | 32 min | $120,110 |
| Baiting Hollow | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Wading River | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Eastport | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Southampton | 9% | B+ | A− | 30 min | $128,594 |
| Riverside | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Ridge | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Manorville, Baiting Hollow, Wading River, Eastport, Riverside and Ridge: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Calverton’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 Calverton: questions
What is the median household income in Calverton?
$60,442 (±$13,732) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calverton?
13.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calverton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calverton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Riverhead (18%, 5 mi), Brookhaven (17%, 11 mi), New York City (16%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Calverton without a car?
2% 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 Calverton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calverton
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.