Photo: Iracaz · CC BY-SA 3.0Miller Place has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 6% stay in Miller Place for work; outside it, Brookhaven is the main destination (39%, 6 miles). Miller Place has 2,143 jobs, and 5,449 of its residents work somewhere. At 33 minutes each way, commutes from Miller Place run about the New York average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Miller Place: the gist
Miller Place’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Miller Place is New York City, 53 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (869) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Miller Place
70% of Miller Place residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Miller Place pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. 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.
Miller Place’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What Miller Place’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Miller Place, 2014 → 2024: 1,989 → 2,143. 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 Miller Place’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miller Place on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,137 residents head out to work, 312 work right here, and 1,831 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,400 people are in Miller Place on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Miller Place to work: where people go
Where Miller Place clocks in
39% of workers
16% of workers
12% 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 Miller Place: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Miller Place workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,080 commuters (the 17% 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.
Miller Place and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Miller Place workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Place | – | — | — | 33 min | $146,492 |
| Mount Sinai | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Sound Beach | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Rocky Point | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Middle Island | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Coram | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mount Sinai, Sound Beach, Rocky Point, Middle Island and Coram: 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 Miller Place’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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Miller Place: questions
What is the median household income in Miller Place?
$146,492 (±$12,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Miller Place?
5.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Miller Place?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Miller Place work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (39%, 6 mi), New York City (16%, 53 mi), Islip (12%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Miller Place without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Miller Place, from the people who make the trip.
More of Miller Place
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.