Photo: Mrshllmx at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Saltaire earns its living
Hardly any stay in Saltaire for work; outside it, Islip is the main destination (22%, 5 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole. Saltaire has 31 jobs for 49 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Saltaire, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 93 people are in Saltaire on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Saltaire’s working residents head each day
Where Saltaire clocks in
22% of workers
16% 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.
What Saltaire’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saltaire, 2014 → 2024: 34 → 31. 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 Saltaire’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Saltaire
of Saltaire workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 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.
Where in the region Saltaire works
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.
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 Saltaire: questions
What is the poverty rate in Saltaire?
0.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Saltaire work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Islip (22%, 5 mi), New York City (16%, 39 mi), Babylon (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Saltaire 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 Saltaire, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saltaire
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.