Work & commute · Barnum Island

Work & commute in Barnum Island, NY

Most working residents leave Barnum Island for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (37%), Hempstead (31%) and North Hempstead (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 1,274 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

53 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,221 Barnum Island residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 1,788 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnum Island.

1,221live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

1,788work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnum Island goes to work

New York15.9 mi away

37%475

Hempstead2.6 mi away

31%401

North Hempstead13.6 mi away

7%84

Oyster Bay15 mi away

6%75

Long Beach1.9 mi away

5%60

Babylon17.3 mi away

2%31

Huntington23.6 mi away

2%23

Islip24.6 mi away

1%14

Brookhaven39.8 mi away

1%11

Smithtown32.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%92

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

How far

How far Barnum Island commutes

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

39%

52%

39%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnum Island is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnum Island are

1,841 jobs are based in Barnum Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barnum Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barnum Island

1,841 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Barnum Island residents hold

1,274 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 month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−10%

Jobs based in Barnum Island, 2013 → 2023: 2,051 → 1,841. 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.