With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of New Suffolk works elsewhere
New Suffolk has 50 jobs, against 150 working residents. Hardly any stay in New Suffolk for work; outside it, Southold is the main destination (30%, 13 miles). 26% 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
Who leaves New Suffolk for work, and who comes in
On a workday 149 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in New Suffolk on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
The places New Suffolk commutes to
Where New Suffolk clocks in
30% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Suffolk, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 50. 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 New Suffolk’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from New Suffolk: about 59 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Suffolk workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 94 commuters (the 26% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from New Suffolk
About 33% 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.
Work in the towns next to New Suffolk
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Suffolk workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Suffolk | – | — | — | 59 min | $130,875 |
| Cutchogue | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cutchogue: 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 New Suffolk’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 New Suffolk: questions
What is the median household income in New Suffolk?
$130,875 (±$34,112) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Suffolk?
2.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Suffolk?
59 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Suffolk work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Southold (30%, 13 mi), New York City (14%, 80 mi), Riverhead (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Suffolk without a car?
33% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Suffolk, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Suffolk
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.