Photo: Americasroof · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Farmingville commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
2,511 jobs are based in Farmingville; 6,963 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Farmingville itself; outside it, Brookhaven draws the most (30%, 4 miles). Working residents average 32 minutes each way, about the same as across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Farmingville: the gist
Farmingville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Farmingville is New York City, 49 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (1,258) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
43% of the jobs in Farmingville are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Farmingville
66% of Farmingville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Farmingville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Where in the region Farmingville works
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.
What Farmingville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farmingville, 2013 → 2023: 2,214 → 2,511. 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 Farmingville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Farmingville by day
On a workday 6,792 residents head out to work, 171 work right here, and 2,340 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Farmingville on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Farmingville’s working residents head each day
Where Farmingville clocks in
30% of workers
18% of workers
17% 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 32 minutes from Farmingville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farmingville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,948 commuters (the 9% 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.
Around Farmingville: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Farmingville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmingville | – | — | — | 32 min | $127,988 |
| Selden | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Coram | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Centereach | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Holtsville | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Medford | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Selden, Coram, Centereach, Holtsville 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 Farmingville’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 Farmingville: questions
What is the median household income in Farmingville?
$127,988 (±$19,164) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Farmingville?
6.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farmingville?
32 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farmingville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (30%, 4 mi), New York City (18%, 49 mi), Islip (17%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Farmingville without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Farmingville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farmingville
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.