Work & commute · Babylon

Work & commute in Babylon, NY

Most working residents leave Babylon for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Babylon (21%), New York (21%) and Islip (13%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

468 of 5,762 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,294 Babylon residents head out of town to work, 468 work right here, and 3,793 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Babylon.

5,294live here, work elsewhere

468live and work here

3,793work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Babylon goes to work

Babylon3.7 mi away

21%1,232

New York32.2 mi away

21%1,226

Islip6.9 mi away

13%774

Hempstead15.4 mi away

9%503

Oyster Bay12.2 mi away

9%502

Huntington13.4 mi away

7%429

North Hempstead19.9 mi away

5%296

Brookhaven22.3 mi away

4%235

Smithtown17.4 mi away

3%151

Southampton47 mi away

0%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%397

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.

41%

32%

23%

41%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Babylon is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Babylon are

4,261 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

4,261 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Babylon residents hold

5,762 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+4%

Jobs based in Babylon, 2013 → 2023: 4,099 → 4,261. 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.