Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Sag Harbor are higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
3.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 14.0% across New York. Jobs and income earn Sag Harbor A; getting around on foot earns it A+. 26% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sag Harbor and work: the main findings
Sag Harbor and Southampton trade workers both ways
Southampton is the top workplace for Sag Harbor residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Sag Harbor come from (43% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Sag Harbor is where the jobs are
Sag Harbor has 1,367 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Sag Harbor are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
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 856 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Sag Harbor
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sag Harbor is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #59 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Sag Harbor’s grade up (0.4%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sag Harbor could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who travels to work in Sag Harbor, and from where
Where Sag Harbor clocks in
23% of workers
20% of workers
19% 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.
Who works in Sag Harbor, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 744 residents head out to work, 112 work right here, and 1,255 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Sag Harbor on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip from Sag Harbor: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sag Harbor workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 875 commuters (the 26% 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.
69% of the jobs in Sag Harbor pay over $3,333 a month
1,367 jobs are based in Sag Harbor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sag Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 1,032 → 1,367. 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 Sag Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Sag Harbor commutes
About 41% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Sag Harbor
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sag Harbor is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #103 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Sag Harbor 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 1,189 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). 3.4% of Sag Harbor households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Sag Harbor’s commuters take a bus or train.
260th of 4,703: where Sag Harbor ranks among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 11 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 258 | Gunter TX | 2,574 | $120K | 2.5% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| 259 | Weyers Cave VA | 2,744 | $98K | 1.6% | 0.0% | 6% | A |
| 260 | Sag Harbor NY | 2,841 | $130K | 3.1% | 0.4% | 13% | A |
| 261 | Carnation WA | 2,471 | $153K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| 262 | Apple Creek Township ND | 3,515 | $157K | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Sag Harbor, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Sag Harbor and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sag Harbor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sag Harbor | – | A | A+ | 18 min | $129,821 |
| Noyack | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Northwest Harbor | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Wainscott | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Noyack, Northwest Harbor and Wainscott: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sag Harbor’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 Sag Harbor: questions
What is the median household income in Sag Harbor?
$129,821 (±$39,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sag Harbor?
3.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sag Harbor?
18 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sag Harbor work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Southampton (23%, 12 mi), East Hampton (20%, 12 mi), New York City (19%, 89 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sag Harbor walkable?
Sag Harbor is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 21% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sag Harbor without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sag Harbor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sag Harbor
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.