Peconic at work: jobs, income and the commute
Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26. Only 4% stay in Peconic for work; outside it, Southold is the main destination (38%, 10 miles). 344 jobs are based in Peconic; 332 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Peconic apart on work
Peconic’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Peconic is New York City, 81 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (36) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Peconic
44% of Peconic workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Peconic makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Peconic are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Peconic residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
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; with 332 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Peconic works
About 21% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Peconic
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peconic workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 198 commuters (the 44% 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.
A place that makes things: 44% of Peconic’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peconic, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 344. 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 Peconic’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Peconic by day and by night
On a workday 318 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 330 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 (1.04 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.
Where the trip to work from Peconic ends
Where Peconic clocks in
38% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
The towns around Peconic
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peconic workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peconic | – | — | — | 26 min | $116,250 |
| 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 Peconic’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 Peconic: questions
What is the median household income in Peconic?
$116,250 (±$31,304) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peconic?
0.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peconic?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 44% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peconic work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Southold (38%, 10 mi), New York City (11%, 81 mi), Riverhead (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peconic without a car?
19% 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 Peconic, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peconic
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.