Photo: AJW1188 · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Commack
Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average; the New York average is 33, the U.S. 26. About one in ten stay in Commack for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (23%, 36 miles). Commack has 15,025 jobs for 17,484 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Commack apart on work
Commack trades workers with the towns around it
Commack has about as many jobs (15,025) as working residents (17,484), but they are mostly different people: 16,065 residents leave for work each day while 13,606 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Commack are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commack’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Commack is New York City, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (4,008) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Commack
72% of Commack residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in Commack pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A lot of Commack works one town over
26% of working residents work in a town that borders Commack: Huntington (16%) and Islip (10%). Next door ↓
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.
In and out of Commack on a workday
On a workday 16,065 residents head out to work, 1,419 work right here, and 13,606 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
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 Commack goes to work
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.
The kinds of work in Commack
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Commack, 2013 → 2023: 15,379 → 15,025. 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 Commack’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Commack’s residents
Where Commack clocks in
23% of workers
16% of workers
11% 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.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Commack
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Commack workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,800 commuters (the 19% 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.
26% of Commack works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Huntington (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Commack workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commack | – | — | — | 33 min | $169,792 |
| Dix Hills | under 1% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Kings Park | under 1% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Hauppauge | under 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Huntington | 16% | A | A | 35 min | $168,029 |
| Brentwood | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Islip | 10% | A | A− | 28 min | $130,132 |
| Elwood | under 1% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| East Northport | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dix Hills, Kings Park, Hauppauge, Brentwood, Elwood and East Northport: 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 Commack’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 Commack: questions
What is the median household income in Commack?
$169,792 (±$10,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Commack?
4.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Commack?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Commack work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (23%, 36 mi), Huntington (16%, 6 mi), Smithtown (11%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Commack without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Commack, from the people who make the trip.
More of Commack
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.