With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Flanders works elsewhere
There are 235 jobs in Flanders; 2,162 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Flanders itself; outside it, Southampton draws the most (29%, 8 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Flanders in brief
Flanders’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Flanders is New York City, 72 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (324) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Flanders is a place people come home to
There are 235 jobs based in Flanders, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Flanders has about 4,700 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Flanders than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Flanders fell from 354 in 2013 to 235 in 2023, −34%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Flanders workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
How many miles Flanders commutes
About 24% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Flanders
On a workday 2,107 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Flanders on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Making and building: 40% of jobs based in Flanders
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flanders, 2013 → 2023: 354 → 235. 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 Flanders’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Flanders: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flanders workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,364 commuters (the 2% 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.
Commuting out of Flanders: the destinations
Where Flanders clocks in
29% of workers
15% of workers
14% 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.
Work next door: 14% of Flanders’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flanders workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | – | — | — | 34 min | $88,393 |
| Hampton Bays | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Riverside | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Northampton | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| East Quogue | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Riverhead | 14% | B | B+ | 28 min | $94,249 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hampton Bays, Riverside, Northampton and East Quogue: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Riverhead. Darker towns draw more of Flanders’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 Flanders: questions
What is the median household income in Flanders?
$88,393 (±$31,471) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flanders?
21.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flanders?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flanders work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Southampton (29%, 8 mi), New York City (15%, 72 mi), Riverhead (14%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Flanders without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flanders, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flanders
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.