Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Dering Harbor has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Dering Harbor; the top destination outside it is New York City (33%, 89 miles). Employers in Dering Harbor report 2 jobs, and 15 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dering Harbor by day and by night
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23 people are in Dering Harbor on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where the trip to work from Dering Harbor ends
Where Dering Harbor clocks in
33% of workers
20% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Dering Harbor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Dering Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Dering Harbor commutes
About 40% 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.
Next door to Dering Harbor
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dering Harbor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dering Harbor | – | — | — | — | — |
| Shelter Island Heights | under 7% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Shelter Island Heights: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dering Harbor’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 Dering Harbor: questions
Where do people who live in Dering Harbor work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (33%, 89 mi), Shelter Island (20%, 3 mi), Meriden (7%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dering Harbor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dering Harbor
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.