Nissequogue has higher household incomes than 97% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Nissequogue are A+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. 4.1% of residents are in poverty, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. For 34% of workers, the job is at home; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Nissequogue at work: what stands out
What’s behind Nissequogue’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Nissequogue is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Nissequogue’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Nissequogue’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Nissequogue could be anywhere from A to A+.
The daily trip from Nissequogue: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nissequogue workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 506 commuters (the 34% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Nissequogue
On a workday 750 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 262 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Nissequogue on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Smithtown
Where Nissequogue clocks in
19% of workers
19% 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.
What work there is in Nissequogue: 268 jobs
268 jobs are based in Nissequogue.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nissequogue, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 268. 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 Nissequogue’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Nissequogue
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.
Nissequogue is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nissequogue is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 767 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). 1.3% of Nissequogue households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Nissequogue’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Nissequogue ranks: 63rd of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 62 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 63 | Nissequogue NY | 1,638 | $173K | 4.1% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 64 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 65 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Nissequogue, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Nissequogue compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nissequogue workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nissequogue | – | A+ | A− | 32 min | $172,500 |
| Kings Park | under 1% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Head of the Harbor | under 1% | A+ | B+ | 29 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Kings Park: 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 Nissequogue’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 Nissequogue: questions
What is the median household income in Nissequogue?
$172,500 (±$65,070) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nissequogue?
4.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nissequogue?
32 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nissequogue work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Smithtown (19%, 1 mi), New York City (19%, 43 mi), Brookhaven (13%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nissequogue walkable?
Nissequogue is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nissequogue without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nissequogue, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nissequogue
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.