Work & commute · Atlantic Beach

Work & commute in Atlantic Beach, NY

Most working residents leave Atlantic Beach for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (44%), Hempstead (28%) and Long Beach (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 691 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 668 Atlantic Beach residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atlantic Beach.

668live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atlantic Beach goes to work

New York12.4 mi away

44%303

Hempstead6.9 mi away

28%196

Long Beach3.1 mi away

6%39

North Hempstead15.2 mi away

5%33

Oyster Bay18.6 mi away

3%19

Huntington27.5 mi away

1%9

Babylon21.8 mi away

1%7

Brookhaven44.2 mi away

1%7

Islip29.1 mi away

1%7

Ramapo43.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%67

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

How far

How far Atlantic Beach commutes

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

35%

53%

35%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atlantic Beach is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Atlantic Beach are

308 jobs are based in Atlantic Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Atlantic Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Atlantic Beach

308 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Atlantic Beach residents hold

691 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−17%

Jobs based in Atlantic Beach, 2013 → 2023: 369 → 308. 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.