Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Cutchogue
The average commute takes 31 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). 23% of workers work from home (New York 15%). About one in ten work in Cutchogue itself; outside it, Southold draws the most (32%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cutchogue stands out on work
Cutchogue’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cutchogue is New York City, 80 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (216) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Cutchogue works from home
23% of Cutchogue workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Cutchogue makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Cutchogue are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cutchogue residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Cutchogue’s workforce skews older
38% of Cutchogue’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cutchogue
About 31% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Time on the road from Cutchogue: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cutchogue workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,062 commuters (the 23% 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.
Making and building: 37% of jobs based in Cutchogue
1,021 jobs are based in Cutchogue.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cutchogue, 2014 → 2024: 1,026 → 1,021. 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 Cutchogue’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cutchogue on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,270 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 890 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Cutchogue on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Cutchogue: the destinations
Where Cutchogue clocks in
32% of workers
15% of workers
7% 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.
How Cutchogue compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cutchogue workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutchogue | – | — | — | 31 min | $143,472 |
| Peconic | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Mattituck | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| New Suffolk | under 2% | — | — | 59 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Peconic, Mattituck and New Suffolk: 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 Cutchogue’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 Cutchogue: questions
What is the median household income in Cutchogue?
$143,472 (±$27,292) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cutchogue?
6.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cutchogue?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cutchogue work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Southold (32%, 12 mi), New York City (15%, 80 mi), Brookhaven (7%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Cutchogue without a car?
3% 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 Cutchogue, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cutchogue
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.