With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Hampton Bays works elsewhere
About one in seven work in Hampton Bays; the top destination outside it is Southampton (40%, 3 miles). Employers in Hampton Bays report 3,253 jobs, and 6,228 of its residents work somewhere. A typical one-way commute lasts 34 minutes, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Hampton Bays: the gist
Miles to work from Hampton Bays
About 26% 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 daily commute in and out of Hampton Bays
On a workday 5,297 residents head out to work, 931 work right here, and 2,322 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Hampton Bays on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Commuting out of Hampton Bays: the destinations
Where Hampton Bays clocks in
40% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Hampton Bays
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hampton Bays, 2013 → 2023: 3,371 → 3,253. 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 Hampton Bays’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 34 minutes to work from Hampton Bays
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hampton Bays workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,844 commuters (the 10% 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 Hampton Bays: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hampton Bays workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Bays | – | — | — | 34 min | $134,216 |
| Flanders | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Shinnecock Hills | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| East Quogue | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Tuckahoe | under 2% | — | — | 55 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Flanders, Shinnecock Hills, East Quogue and Tuckahoe: 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 Hampton Bays’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 Hampton Bays: questions
What is the median household income in Hampton Bays?
$134,216 (±$17,646) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hampton Bays?
7.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hampton Bays?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hampton Bays work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Southampton (40%, 3 mi), New York City (15%, 76 mi), Brookhaven (8%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hampton Bays without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hampton Bays, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hampton Bays
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.