Sound Beach has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
195 jobs are based in Sound Beach for 3,358 working residents. Only 2% work in Sound Beach; the top destination outside it is Brookhaven (37%, 7 miles). The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sound Beach, in brief
Sound Beach’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Sound Beach is New York City, 55 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (536) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Sound Beach is a place people come home to
There are 195 jobs based in Sound Beach, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sound Beach has about 4,000 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Where in the region Sound Beach works
About 19% 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.
How many people are in Sound Beach by day
On a workday 3,290 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Sound Beach on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Where people from Sound Beach work
Where Sound Beach clocks in
37% of workers
16% 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.
What Sound Beach’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sound Beach, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 195. 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 Sound Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Sound Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sound Beach workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,191 commuters (the 10% 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.
Sound Beach and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sound Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound Beach | – | — | — | 32 min | $132,008 |
| Rocky Point | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Miller Place | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rocky Point and Miller Place: 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 Sound Beach’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 Sound Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Sound Beach?
$132,008 (±$21,186) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sound Beach?
2.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sound Beach?
32 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sound Beach work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (37%, 7 mi), New York City (16%, 55 mi), Islip (12%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sound Beach without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sound Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sound Beach
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.