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Work & commute in Bay Park · A commuter town

100% of Bay Park’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Bay Park for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are New York (39%), Hempstead (38%) and North Hempstead (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Work in town
0%
4 of 893 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
47 min
More than NY (33 min)
Work from home
14%
Less than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
33
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Bay Park?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

39% of working residents work in New York

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Long BranchHewlett HarborEast RockawayLong Beach: 11 residents work here (1%)BinghamtonNew York: 350 residents work here (39%)Mount Holly SpringsMonroeGreenburgh: 5 residents work here (1%)Babylon: 8 residents work here (1%)Hempstead: 337 residents work here (38%)North Hempstead: 65 residents work here (7%)Brookhaven: 6 residents work here (1%)Islip: 9 residents work here (1%)Huntington: 6 residents work here (1%)Oyster Bay: 28 residents work here (3%)WayneBay ParkOceansideNew YorkHempsteadNorth HempsteadOyster BayLong BeachIslipBay Park
1
New York14.3 mi away
39%350
2
Hempstead3.1 mi away
38%337
3
North Hempstead11.9 mi away
7%65
4
Oyster Bay14.4 mi away
3%28
5
Long Beach3.1 mi away
1%11
6
Islip25.4 mi away
1%9
7
Babylon18.5 mi away
1%8
8
Brookhaven40.3 mi away
1%6
9
Huntington23.2 mi away
1%6
10
Greenburgh29 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
8%68
The top trips

Where Bay Park clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 47 minutes each way, longer than most of New York

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
363 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bay Park47 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
14%

of Bay Park workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Bay Park quiets down on a workday

On a workday 889 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.

889live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
29work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,500
Workday650
1,500live here− 890head out to work+ 29come in to work= 650on a workday

About 650 people are in Bay Park on a workday afternoon, 57% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Bay Park commutes less than 10 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 miNew York: 39% · 14.3 miHempstead: 38% · 3.1 miNorth Hempstead: 7% · 11.9 miOyster Bay: 3% · 14.4 miLong Beach: 1% · 3.1 miIslip: 1% · 25.4 miBabylon: 1% · 18.5 miBrookhaven: 1% · 40.3 miHuntington: 1% · 23.2 miGreenburgh: 1% · 29 miNew York 39%Hempstead 38%North Hempstead 7%Oyster Bay 3%Long Beach 1%Bay Park
Bay ParkTop destinations (size = commuters)
50%Under 10 mi449 residents
40%10–24 mi361 residents
5%25–50 mi48 residents
4%Over 50 mi35 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Bay Park makes things: 36% of its jobs are in goods

33 jobs are based in Bay Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bay Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bay ParkJobs Bay Park residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms36%7%
Trade, transport & utilities24%14%
Services: health, schools, offices39%78%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less21%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%18%
Over $3,333 a month45%71%

Who does it

29 or younger6%17%
30 to 5448%51%
55 and older45%32%
−13%

Jobs based in Bay Park, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 33. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Bay Park and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Bay Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Oceanside36 min
Hewlett Harbor37 min
East Rockaway39 min
Bay Park47 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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