Work & commute · East Williston

Work & commute in East Williston, NY

Most working residents leave East Williston for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (42%), North Hempstead (22%) and Hempstead (14%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 1,232 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,200 East Williston residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Williston.

1,200live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Williston goes to work

New York17.4 mi away

42%521

North Hempstead3.8 mi away

22%276

Hempstead8.9 mi away

14%169

Oyster Bay7 mi away

6%75

Huntington15.9 mi away

3%39

Islip23.1 mi away

2%19

Babylon18.6 mi away

1%13

Brookhaven35.9 mi away

1%8

Smithtown26.2 mi away

0%6

Rye13.2 mi away

0%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%102

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

How far

How far East Williston commutes

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

48%

45%

48%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Williston is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Williston are

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

Jobs based in East Williston

306 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs East Williston residents hold

1,232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−20%

Jobs based in East Williston, 2013 → 2023: 382 → 306. 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.