Photo: Jkingny · CC BY-SA 4.0Lattingtown’s household incomes are among the highest in the country
The poverty rate is 6.7%, against 14.0% across New York. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. For jobs and income Lattingtown is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lattingtown apart
38% of Lattingtown works in New York City
267 working residents, 38%, have their main job in New York City, 24 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Lattingtown itself. The commute map ↓
Lattingtown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 47 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 360 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (29 to 38 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Three in four Lattingtown workers earn over $40,000 a year
77% of Lattingtown’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 701 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Lattingtown’s Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
The Census reports Lattingtown’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lattingtown could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
38% of working residents work in New York City
Where Lattingtown clocks in
38% of workers
22% 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 trip to work from Lattingtown: about 47 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lattingtown workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 775 commuters (the 18% 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.
Lattingtown is a services town
772 jobs are based in Lattingtown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lattingtown, 2014 → 2024: 692 → 772. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lattingtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Lattingtown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 666 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 737 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 (1.10 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lattingtown
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Lattingtown is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 15.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 945 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 1.7% of Lattingtown households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 14% of Lattingtown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lattingtown is 268th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 266 | Midway Township MN | 1,427 | $104K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 3% | A |
| 267 | Mannington Township NJ | 1,495 | $109K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 10% | A |
| 268 | Lattingtown NY | 1,881 | $250K | 6.7% | 3.8% | 5% | A |
| 269 | Clarks Green PA | 1,519 | $114K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 1% | A |
| 270 | Hartland Township IL | 1,882 | $105K | 1.1% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Lattingtown, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
26% of Lattingtown works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Oyster Bay (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lattingtown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lattingtown | – | A | A− | 47 min | $250,000+ |
| Locust Valley | under 1% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Glen Cove | 4% | B+ | A+ | 29 min | $92,064 |
| Oyster Bay | 22% | A | A+ | 35 min | $160,126 |
| Mill Neck | under 1% | A+ | B+ | 38 min | $196,359 |
Same-state neighbors only. Locust Valley: 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 Lattingtown’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 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lattingtown: questions
What is the median household income in Lattingtown?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lattingtown?
6.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lattingtown?
47 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lattingtown work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (38%, 24 mi), Oyster Bay (22%, 8 mi), North Hempstead (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lattingtown walkable?
Lattingtown is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lattingtown without a car?
14% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lattingtown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lattingtown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.