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Work & commute in Carle Place · A job hub

Every workday, about 3,800 people come to Carle Place for work

Most working residents leave Carle Place for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (37%), North Hempstead (21%) and Hempstead (18%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Work in town
3%
83 of 2,451 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
29 min
Less than NY (33 min)
Work from home
15%
Less than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
3,908
A job hub

What kind of work town is Carle Place?

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

★ What stands out · Next door

39% of Carle Place works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to North Hempstead (21%). Darker towns draw more of Carle Place’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

The commute map

Where Carle Place’s workers come from

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

MineolaWestburyGlen Cove: 51 workers live here (1%)Old WestburyNew York: 996 workers live here (25%)Babylon: 193 workers live here (5%)Hempstead: 873 workers live here (22%)North Hempstead: 468 workers live here (12%)Brookhaven: 146 workers live here (4%)Islip: 95 workers live here (2%)Smithtown: 65 workers live here (2%)Huntington: 159 workers live here (4%)Oyster Bay: 300 workers live here (8%)Carle PlaceUniondaleNew YorkHempsteadNorth HempsteadOyster BayBabylonHuntingtonCarle Place
1
New York18.1 mi away
25%996
2
Hempstead8 mi away
22%873
3
North Hempstead5.1 mi away
12%468
4
Oyster Bay6.4 mi away
8%300
5
Babylon17.2 mi away
5%193
6
Huntington15.4 mi away
4%159
7
Brookhaven34.9 mi away
4%146
8
Islip21.9 mi away
2%95
9
Smithtown25.5 mi away
2%65
10
Glen Cove9.5 mi away
1%51
Everywhere elseother towns and states
14%562
The top trips

Where Carle Place clocks in

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

Day and night

Carle Place fills up on a workday

On a workday 2,368 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 3,825 people come in from elsewhere.

2,368live here, work elsewhere
83live and work here
3,825work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night5,200
Workday6,600
5,200live here− 2,400head out to work+ 3,800come in to work= 6,600on a workday

About 6,600 people are in Carle Place on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.59jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 Carle Place 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 mi40 miNew York: 37% · 18.1 miNorth Hempstead: 21% · 5.1 miHempstead: 18% · 8 miOyster Bay: 8% · 6.4 miHuntington: 3% · 15.4 miBabylon: 2% · 17.2 miIslip: 2% · 21.9 miBrookhaven: 1% · 34.9 miSmithtown: 1% · 25.5 miGlen Cove: 0% · 9.5 miNew York 37%North Hempstead 21%Hempstead 18%Oyster Bay 8%Huntington 3%Carle Place
Carle PlaceTop destinations (size = commuters)
50%Under 10 mi1,237 residents
42%10–24 mi1,022 residents
4%25–50 mi101 residents
4%Over 50 mi90 residents

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

The jobs

What the 3,908 jobs in Carle Place are

3,908 jobs are based in Carle Place. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carle Place’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carle PlaceJobs Carle Place residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms11%10%
Trade, transport & utilities32%15%
Services: health, schools, offices57%75%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less19%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%19%
Over $3,333 a month50%71%

Who does it

29 or younger28%19%
30 to 5444%54%
55 and older27%27%
−29%

Jobs based in Carle Place, 2013 → 2023: 5,486 → 3,908. 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.

Time on the road

About 29 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York

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

A year of commuting
221 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Carle Place29 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
15%

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

About 1 in 10
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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