Photo: Lfstar68 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Mastic Beach works elsewhere
Only 4% work in Mastic Beach; the top destination outside it is Brookhaven (33%, 9 miles). 1,831 jobs are based in Mastic Beach, and 6,335 of its residents work somewhere. 7% of workers have no commute at all; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mastic Beach, in a few figures
Mastic Beach’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mastic Beach is New York City, 58 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (982) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Mastic Beach is services
90% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 6% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Mastic Beach is a place people come home to
There are 1,831 jobs based in Mastic Beach, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mastic Beach has about 12,000 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Half of Mastic Beach commutes less than 19 miles
About 21% 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.
Most jobs in Mastic Beach are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mastic Beach, 2013 → 2023: 1,608 → 1,831. 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 Mastic Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Mastic Beach: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 6,102 residents head out to work, 233 work right here, and 1,598 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Mastic Beach on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Mastic Beach: the destinations
Where Mastic Beach clocks in
33% of workers
16% of workers
13% 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 daily trip from Mastic Beach: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mastic Beach workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,337 commuters (the 7% 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.
Mastic Beach and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mastic Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mastic Beach | – | — | — | 37 min | $111,493 |
| Shirley | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Shirley: 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 Mastic Beach’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 Mastic Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Mastic Beach?
$111,493 (±$5,705) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mastic Beach?
21.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mastic Beach?
37 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mastic Beach work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (33%, 9 mi), New York City (16%, 58 mi), Islip (13%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mastic Beach without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mastic Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mastic Beach
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.