Work & commute · Brookville

Work & commute in Brookville, NY

Most working residents leave Brookville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New York (43%), Oyster Bay (13%) and Hempstead (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 1,056 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,040 Brookville residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookville.

1,040live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookville goes to work

New York21.7 mi away

43%455

Oyster Bay3.2 mi away

13%140

Hempstead12.2 mi away

10%105

North Hempstead5.7 mi away

9%99

Huntington11.4 mi away

4%38

Babylon17.6 mi away

3%29

Islip20.5 mi away

2%20

Brookhaven32.1 mi away

1%14

White Plains17.7 mi away

1%13

Stamford, CT18.8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%133

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

How far

How far Brookville commutes

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

33%

56%

33%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookville is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookville are

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

Jobs based in Brookville

461 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Brookville residents hold

1,056 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−84%

Jobs based in Brookville, 2013 → 2023: 2,829 → 461. 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.