Work & commute · Babylon

Work & commute in Babylon, NY

About one in 5 of Babylon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (21%), Islip (11%) and Hempstead (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

22,459 of 104,713 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 82,254 Babylon residents head out of town to work, 22,459 work right here, and 66,186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Babylon.

82,254live here, work elsewhere

22,459live and work here

66,186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Babylon goes to work

Babylon (in town)right here

21%22,459

New York32.6 mi away

21%22,268

Islip8.1 mi away

11%11,375

Hempstead15.3 mi away

10%10,285

Oyster Bay15 mi away

9%9,907

Huntington17.1 mi away

8%8,521

North Hempstead22 mi away

5%5,116

Smithtown20.5 mi away

3%3,566

Brookhaven23.9 mi away

3%3,451

Albany142.1 mi away

0%282

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%7,483

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

How far

How far Babylon commutes

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

46%

29%

22%

46%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Babylon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Babylon are

88,645 jobs are based in Babylon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Babylon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Babylon

88,645 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Babylon residents hold

104,713 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+2%

Jobs based in Babylon, 2013 → 2023: 87,218 → 88,645. 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.