Photo: Fife Club · CC BY 3.0Households in Northport earn more than those in 95% of U.S. towns
12.2% of residents are in poverty, against 14.0% across New York. Northport grades A for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in ten stay in Northport for work; outside it, Huntington is the main destination (26%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Northport
Northport trades workers with the towns around it
Northport has about as many jobs (3,302) as working residents (3,423), but they are mostly different people: 3,148 residents leave for work each day while 3,027 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Northport are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Northport and Huntington trade workers both ways
Huntington is the top workplace for Northport residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Northport come from (43% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Northport is services
87% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 5% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
Why Northport gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Northport is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #69 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Northport’s grade up (0.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Northport could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who works in Northport, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,148 residents head out to work, 275 work right here, and 3,027 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Northport’s working residents head each day
Where Northport clocks in
26% of workers
24% of workers
8% 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
3,302 jobs are based in Northport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Northport, 2014 → 2024: 3,266 → 3,302. 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 Northport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Northport, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Northport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,326 commuters (the 18% 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.
Miles to work from Northport
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.
Northport is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Northport is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #150 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Northport near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,062 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). 5.0% of Northport households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Northport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900, Northport ranks 356th of 3,154 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 15 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 354 | Findlay Township PA | 7,541 | $111K | 2.1% | 3.8% | 11% | A |
| 355 | Sheboygan WI | 8,615 | $96K | 2.8% | 1.9% | 4% | A |
| 356 | Northport NY | 7,336 | $147K | 12.2% | 0.8% | 8% | A |
| 357 | Hawthorn Woods IL | 9,679 | $220K | 0.6% | 5.7% | 1% | A |
| 358 | Eudora KS | 6,506 | $118K | 4.9% | 2.9% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Northport, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Northport and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Northport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northport | – | A | A | 34 min | $146,921 |
| East Northport | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Fort Salonga | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Centerport | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Asharoken | under 1% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Northport, Fort Salonga and Centerport: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Asharoken: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Northport’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 Northport: questions
What is the median household income in Northport?
$146,921 (±$25,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Northport?
12.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Northport?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Northport work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntington (26%, 2 mi), New York City (24%, 35 mi), Islip (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Northport walkable?
Northport is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Northport without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Northport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Northport
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. 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.