Work & commute · Amityville

Work & commute in Amityville, NY

Most working residents leave Amityville for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Babylon (22%), New York (22%) and Hempstead (12%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

389 of 4,095 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,706 Amityville residents head out of town to work, 389 work right here, and 6,502 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amityville.

3,706live here, work elsewhere

389live and work here

6,502work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amityville goes to work

Babylon5.6 mi away

22%908

New York27.4 mi away

22%900

Hempstead10.4 mi away

12%489

Oyster Bay10.3 mi away

12%475

Islip11.9 mi away

9%352

Huntington14.9 mi away

6%228

North Hempstead16.6 mi away

5%210

Brookhaven27.2 mi away

3%142

Smithtown21.2 mi away

2%99

Riverhead42.3 mi away

0%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%280

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Amityville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

42%

32%

21%

42%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amityville is a job hub

1.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Amityville are

6,891 jobs are based in Amityville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amityville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Amityville

6,891 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Amityville residents hold

4,095 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+4%

Jobs based in Amityville, 2013 → 2023: 6,597 → 6,891. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.