Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Southold draws about two in five of Greenport’s working residents
Jobs and income earn Greenport C; getting around on foot earns it A+. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City. About one in five work in Greenport itself; outside it, Southold draws the most (44%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Greenport stands out on work
Greenport trades workers with the towns around it
Greenport has about as many jobs (1,138) as working residents (1,023), but they are mostly different people: 846 residents leave for work each day while 961 people come in. Only 16% of the jobs in Greenport are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Greenport are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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.
Greenport’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greenport is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #560 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Greenport’s grade up ($81,094, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greenport could be anywhere from D to B+.
Where Greenport goes to work
Where Greenport clocks in
44% of workers
16% of workers
4% 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.
Who works in Greenport, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 846 residents head out to work, 177 work right here, and 961 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Greenport: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,120 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.
Jobs in Greenport: what the 1,138 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenport, 2013 → 2023: 1,116 → 1,138. 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 Greenport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Greenport
About 30% 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.
Greenport is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenport is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #23 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Greenport near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,231 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.5% of Greenport households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Greenport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Greenport is 3,233rd among 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,231 | Lake Junaluska NC | 3,175 | $66K | 9.4% | 6.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,232 | Iowa LA | 3,301 | $60K | 15.8% | 4.4% | 6% | C |
| 3,233 | Greenport NY | 2,590 | $81K | 9.3% | 7.3% | 17% | C |
| 3,234 | Pottsboro TX | 2,767 | $69K | 10.4% | 6.2% | 5% | C |
| 3,235 | Wise VA | 2,853 | $54K | 12.5% | 3.1% | 25% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Greenport, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Greenport compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenport | – | C | A+ | 21 min | $81,094 |
| Greenport West | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenport West: 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 Greenport’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 Greenport: questions
What is the median household income in Greenport?
$81,094 (±$15,082) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenport?
9.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenport?
21 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 Greenport work?
17% work in town.
Is Greenport walkable?
Greenport is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.9 out of 20, and 24% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenport without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenport
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.