Photo: Public domain · Public domainShoreham has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Hardly any stay in Shoreham for work; outside it, Brookhaven is the main destination (41%, 7 miles). Shoreham has 105 jobs, against 294 working residents. Home is the office for 21% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Shoreham: the figures worth knowing
Where people from Shoreham work
Where Shoreham clocks in
41% of workers
14% of workers
12% 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 daily commute in and out of Shoreham
On a workday 293 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Shoreham on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Goods, not services: 44% of the jobs in Shoreham
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shoreham, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 105. 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 Shoreham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Shoreham: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shoreham workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 181 commuters (the 21% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Shoreham
About 18% 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.
Shoreham and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shoreham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreham | – | — | — | 29 min | $160,625 |
| East Shoreham | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Rocky Point | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Shoreham and Rocky Point: 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 Shoreham’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 Shoreham: questions
What is the median household income in Shoreham?
$160,625 (±$23,468) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shoreham?
0.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shoreham?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shoreham work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (41%, 7 mi), New York City (14%, 58 mi), Islip (12%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shoreham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shoreham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shoreham
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.