Chapter 3 - New York Metropolitan Transportation Council

Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan for NYMTC Region • FinalN E W Y O R K M E T R O P O L I T A N T R A N S P O R T A T I O N C O U N C I L• L O N G I S L A N DFigure 3-23 below provides detailed information on the percentage and density of low incomehouseholds in Suffolk County.Figure 3-23Percentage and Density of Low Income Households inSuffolk County by MunicipalityTotalHouseholdsLow IncomeHouseholds (< $25,000)% Low IncomeHouseholdsDensity of LowIncome HouseholdsTown of Babylon 69,026 11,765 17.04% 226Town of Brookhaven 146,904 22,305 15.18% 86Town of East Hampton 8,112 1,831 22.57% 25Town of Huntington 65,958 7,308 11.08% 78Town of Islip 98,973 14,511 14.66% 138Poospatuck Reservation 93 57 61.29% 633Town of Riverhead 10,773 2,824 26.21% 42Town of Shelter Island 997 213 21.36% 18Shinnecock Reservation 238 150 63.03% 115Town of Smithtown 38,503 4,302 11.17% 80Town of Southampton 21,482 4,394 20.45% 32Town of Southold 8,476 2,087 24.62% 39Suffolk County 469,535 71,747 15.28% 79Source: US Census (2000); figures are rounded estimatesEmploymentEmployment data estimated by occupation and industry for the year 2006, at the county level, isavailable from the US Census Bureau. In that year, there were 722,788 members of theworkforce living in Suffolk County. The majority of Suffolk County residents were employed ineither Management, Professional, and Related occupations (36 percent) or Sales and Officeoccupations (28 percent). Service occupations made up 16 percent of the workforce, whileoccupations in Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance and Production, Transportation, andMaterial Moving each made up another ten percent of the workforce in Suffolk County. Workersin Farming, Fishing, and Forestry made up less than one percent.By industry, the majority of the Suffolk County workforce, 24 percent, worked in Education,Health, and Social Services. The Retail sector had the second highest share, at 12 percent andProfessional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, and Waste Management Servicesindustries comprised 11 percent of professions. No other industry accounted for more than 10percent of employment of Suffolk County residents.Page 3-20