Work & commute · Centre Island

Work & commute in Centre Island, NY

Most working residents leave Centre Island for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Oyster Bay (30%), New York (26%) and North Hempstead (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 186 Centre Island residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centre Island.

186live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centre Island goes to work

Oyster Bay6.8 mi away

30%56

New York27.2 mi away

26%49

North Hempstead10.5 mi away

11%21

Hempstead18.8 mi away

9%16

Huntington7.6 mi away

5%10

Glen Cove6.5 mi away

4%7

Brookhaven29.5 mi away

2%4

Rye9.2 mi away

1%2

Babylon20.8 mi away

1%2

Islip21.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%18

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

How far

How far Centre Island commutes

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

38%

35%

23%

38%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centre Island is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Centre Island are

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

Jobs based in Centre Island

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Centre Island residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−38%

Jobs based in Centre Island, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 54. 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.