Photo: Knotnic · CC BY-SA 3.0Oak Beach has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any work in Oak Beach; the top destination outside it is New York City (25%, 34 miles). Oak Beach has 3 jobs for 134 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Oak Beach by day and by night
On a workday 134 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Oak Beach on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Where people from Oak Beach work
Where Oak Beach clocks in
25% of workers
18% 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.
100% of the jobs in Oak Beach make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oak Beach, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 3. 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 Oak Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Oak Beach
of Oak Beach workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 commuters (the 0% 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 commute from Oak Beach, by distance
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.
18% of Oak Beach works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oak Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Beach | – | — | — | — | — |
| Captree | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Fire Island | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Gilgo | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Islip | 18% | A | A− | 28 min | $130,132 |
Same-state neighbors only. Captree, Fire Island and Gilgo: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Islip. Darker towns draw more of Oak Beach’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 Oak Beach: questions
What is the poverty rate in Oak Beach?
0.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Oak Beach work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (25%, 34 mi), Babylon (19%, 1 mi), Islip (18%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oak Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oak Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oak Beach
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.