Photo: Peter Bond from Philadelphia, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Making a living in Westhampton
Home is the office for 22% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%. Only 7% work in Westhampton itself; outside it, Southampton draws the most (30%, 11 miles). The average commute takes 24 minutes each way; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Westhampton
Westhampton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Westhampton is New York City, 68 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (242) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Westhampton are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker, and quicker than any town next door (28 to 34 minutes). 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.
Where in the region Westhampton works
About 29% 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.
About 24 minutes to work from Westhampton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Westhampton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,096 commuters (the 22% 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 workday in Westhampton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,318 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 962 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.
0.75 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Westhampton: the destinations
Where Westhampton clocks in
30% of workers
17% of workers
13% 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.
67% of the jobs in Westhampton pay over $3,333 a month
1,060 jobs are based in Westhampton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Westhampton, 2013 → 2023: 920 → 1,060. 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 Westhampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work in the towns next to Westhampton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Westhampton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westhampton | – | — | — | 24 min | $119,886 |
| Westhampton Beach | under 2% | B | A | 28 min | $141,250 |
| Remsenburg-Speonk | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| East Quogue | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Northampton | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Remsenburg-Speonk, East Quogue and Northampton: 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 Westhampton’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 Westhampton: questions
What is the median household income in Westhampton?
$119,886 (±$35,124) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Westhampton?
8.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Westhampton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Westhampton work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Southampton (30%, 11 mi), New York City (17%, 68 mi), Brookhaven (13%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Westhampton without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Westhampton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Westhampton
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.