Photo: Iracaz · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Mount Sinai commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
1,669 jobs are based in Mount Sinai; 5,320 of its residents have a job. Only 5% work in Mount Sinai; the top destination outside it is Brookhaven (38%, 7 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 37 minutes, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mount Sinai is New York City, 52 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (898) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Mount Sinai averages 37 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (30 to 34 minutes). Next door ↓
Mount Sinai empties out on a workday
About 7,400 people are in Mount Sinai on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 11,000 who live here: 5,000 head out to work and 1,400 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
How far Mount Sinai goes to work
About 18% 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.
Mount Sinai by day and by night
On a workday 5,043 residents head out to work, 277 work right here, and 1,392 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,400 people are in Mount Sinai on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The towns that employ Mount Sinai’s residents
Where Mount Sinai clocks in
38% of workers
17% 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.
Mount Sinai is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Sinai, 2014 → 2024: 1,696 → 1,669. 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 Mount Sinai’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Mount Sinai takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Sinai workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,465 commuters (the 13% 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.
Next door to Mount Sinai
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Sinai workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai | – | — | — | 37 min | $162,188 |
| Port Jefferson | under 3% | A | A− | 30 min | $144,912 |
| Miller Place | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Terryville | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Coram | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Port Jefferson Station | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Miller Place, Terryville, Coram and Port Jefferson Station: 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 Mount Sinai’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 Mount Sinai: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Sinai?
$162,188 (±$24,319) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Sinai?
1.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Sinai?
37 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Sinai work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (38%, 7 mi), New York City (17%, 52 mi), Islip (13%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mount Sinai without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Sinai, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Sinai
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.