Work & commute · Floral Park

Work & commute in Floral Park, NY

Most working residents leave Floral Park for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (47%), Hempstead (21%) and North Hempstead (13%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

541 of 7,238 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 6,697 Floral Park residents head out of town to work, 541 work right here, and 6,008 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Floral Park.

6,697live here, work elsewhere

541live and work here

6,008work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Floral Park goes to work

New York13 mi away

47%3,411

Hempstead7.8 mi away

21%1,518

North Hempstead5.8 mi away

13%934

Oyster Bay11.4 mi away

4%319

Huntington20.4 mi away

2%152

Babylon21 mi away

2%113

Islip26.5 mi away

1%103

Brookhaven40 mi away

1%50

Smithtown30.6 mi away

0%35

Albany134.4 mi away

0%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%584

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

How far

How far Floral Park commutes

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

49%

43%

49%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Floral Park is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Floral Park are

6,549 jobs are based in Floral Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Floral Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Floral Park

6,549 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Floral Park residents hold

7,238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+46%

Jobs based in Floral Park, 2013 → 2023: 4,500 → 6,549. 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.