Photo: Stevan · Public domainEast Patchogue has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 8% of workers, the job is at home (New York 15%). East Patchogue has 5,654 jobs, and 10,269 of its residents work somewhere. Only 6% work in East Patchogue itself; outside it, Brookhaven draws the most (32%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in East Patchogue
Out of East Patchogue to work: where people go
Where East Patchogue clocks in
32% of workers
20% of workers
15% 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 a workday changes East Patchogue
On a workday 9,625 residents head out to work, 644 work right here, and 5,010 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in East Patchogue on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
What East Patchogue’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Patchogue, 2013 → 2023: 6,151 → 5,654. 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 East Patchogue’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from East Patchogue
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Patchogue workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,529 commuters (the 8% 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.
The commute from East Patchogue, by distance
About 16% 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.
The towns around East Patchogue
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Patchogue workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Patchogue | – | — | — | 30 min | $108,397 |
| Bellport | under 2% | A+ | A | 28 min | $146,083 |
| North Bellport | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| North Patchogue | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Patchogue | under 2% | A− | A | 32 min | $107,306 |
| Medford | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Bellport, North Patchogue and Medford: 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 East Patchogue’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 East Patchogue: questions
What is the median household income in East Patchogue?
$108,397 (±$8,361) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Patchogue?
5.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Patchogue?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Patchogue work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (32%, 6 mi), Islip (20%, 12 mi), New York City (15%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around East Patchogue without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Patchogue, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Patchogue
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.