Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Muttontown’s household incomes are among the highest in the country
4.0% of residents live below the poverty line (New York 14.0%). Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. For jobs and income Muttontown is better than 87% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Muttontown apart
Jobs in Muttontown have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Muttontown went from 684 in 2013 to 1,940 in 2023, +184%. The jobs ↓
44% of Muttontown works in New York City
636 working residents, 44%, have their main job in New York City, 24 miles away. That’s 22 times as many as work in Muttontown itself. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Muttontown is services
90% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Muttontown’s grade explained
Household income holds Muttontown’s grade up ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
The Census reports Muttontown’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, Muttontown could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Most jobs in Muttontown are in services
1,940 jobs are based in Muttontown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Muttontown, 2013 → 2023: 684 → 1,940. 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 Muttontown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
44% of working residents work in New York City
Where Muttontown clocks in
44% of workers
14% 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.
A workday in Muttontown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,410 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 1,907 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Muttontown on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 34 minutes each way for Muttontown’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Muttontown workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,287 commuters (the 19% 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.
Half of Muttontown commutes less than 16 miles
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.
In Muttontown, walking beats the bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 8.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,598 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.7% of Muttontown households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Muttontown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Muttontown is 539th among 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 537 | Union Township OH | 2,986 | $89K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 19% | A |
| 538 | West Menlo Park CA | 3,634 | $250K | 3.0% | 6.3% | 1% | A |
| 539 | Muttontown NY | 3,568 | $250K | 4.0% | 7.1% | 2% | A |
| 540 | Wayne Township OH | 4,547 | $80K | 3.2% | 1.8% | 4% | A |
| 541 | Eagle WI | 3,536 | $126K | 6.2% | 3.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Muttontown, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Muttontown and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Muttontown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muttontown | – | A | A | 34 min | $250,000+ |
| Syosset | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Upper Brookville | under 2% | A | A− | 39 min | $250,000+ |
| Brookville | under 2% | A− | A | 26 min | $250,000+ |
| East Norwich | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Jericho | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Syosset, East Norwich and Jericho: 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 Muttontown’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.
- 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 Muttontown: questions
What is the median household income in Muttontown?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Muttontown?
4.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Muttontown?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Muttontown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (44%, 24 mi), Oyster Bay (14%, 2 mi), North Hempstead (13%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Muttontown walkable?
Muttontown is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Muttontown without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Muttontown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Muttontown
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. 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.