Photo: Intelligentlove at English Wikipedia · Public domainAbout one in three of Patchogue’s working residents commute to Brookhaven
Jobs & income A−: better than 79% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #163 of 758 in New York.
Walkability A: more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns · #115 of 758 in New York.
Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 32 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Only 7% work in Patchogue; the top destination outside it is Brookhaven (30%, 7 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.2 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Patchogue
Patchogue trades workers with the towns around it
Patchogue has about as many jobs (5,765) as working residents (5,575), but they are mostly different people: 5,170 residents leave for work each day while 5,360 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Patchogue are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Patchogue and Brookhaven trade workers both ways
Brookhaven is the top workplace for Patchogue residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Patchogue come from (51% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Patchogue’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Patchogue is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #163 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Patchogue’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Patchogue could be anywhere from B to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 5,170 residents head out to work, 405 work right here, and 5,360 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 (1.03 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.
30% of working residents work in Brookhaven
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Patchogue clocks in
30% of workers
21% of workers
16% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 5,765 jobs in Patchogue are
5,765 jobs are based in Patchogue. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Patchogue’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Patchogue, 2013 → 2023: 6,026 → 5,765. 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.
About 32 minutes each way, about the NY average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Patchogue workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,869 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Patchogue commutes less than 13 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Patchogue 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, Patchogue is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #115 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Patchogue 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 7,500 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 43% 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 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 10.6% of Patchogue households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Patchogue’s commuters take a bus or train.
Patchogue is 740th of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Patchogue, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 738 | Wailuku HI | 16,926 | $103K | 4.6% | 3.1% | 19% | A− |
| 739 | Mount Vista WA | 10,764 | $100K | 5.9% | 4.3% | 6% | A− |
| 740 | Patchogue NY | 12,486 | $107K | 10.6% | 3.5% | 7% | A− |
| 741 | New Fairfield CT | 13,674 | $138K | 3.6% | 5.8% | 8% | A− |
| 742 | Union Township IN | 9,494 | $116K | 9.1% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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.
Patchogue and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Patchogue’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Patchogue workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patchogue | – | A− | A | 32 min | $107,306 |
| Blue Point | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| North Patchogue | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| East Patchogue | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blue Point, North Patchogue and East Patchogue: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Patchogue: questions
What is the median household income in Patchogue?
$107,306 (±$14,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Patchogue?
10.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Patchogue?
32 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Patchogue work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (30%, 7 mi), Islip (21%, 10 mi), New York City (16%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Patchogue walkable?
Patchogue is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Patchogue without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Patchogue, from the people who make the trip.
More of Patchogue
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.