Work & commute · Elwood

Work & commute in Elwood, NY

Most working residents leave Elwood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (24%), Huntington (23%) and Oyster Bay (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

279 of 5,684 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

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,405 Elwood residents head out of town to work, 279 work right here, and 4,087 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elwood.

5,405live here, work elsewhere

279live and work here

4,087work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elwood goes to work

New York33.9 mi away

24%1,392

Huntington3.3 mi away

23%1,282

Oyster Bay9.5 mi away

9%526

Islip11.6 mi away

8%462

Hempstead20.4 mi away

7%396

North Hempstead18 mi away

6%366

Babylon14.2 mi away

5%312

Smithtown9.8 mi away

5%259

Brookhaven19.8 mi away

3%165

Stamford, CT19.4 mi away

0%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%497

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

How far

How far Elwood commutes

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

41%

28%

26%

41%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elwood are

4,366 jobs are based in Elwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elwood

4,366 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Elwood residents hold

5,684 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−1%

Jobs based in Elwood, 2013 → 2023: 4,419 → 4,366. 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.