Work & commute · Freeport

Work & commute in Freeport, NY

Most working residents leave Freeport for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Hempstead (38%), New York (30%) and North Hempstead (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2,286 of 19,177 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,891 Freeport residents head out of town to work, 2,286 work right here, and 10,086 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freeport.

16,891live here, work elsewhere

2,286live and work here

10,086work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freeport goes to work

Hempstead1.7 mi away

38%7,297

New York18.6 mi away

30%5,661

North Hempstead11.6 mi away

7%1,382

Oyster Bay11.1 mi away

7%1,286

Babylon14.1 mi away

4%783

Huntington19.4 mi away

3%488

Islip20.8 mi away

2%384

Brookhaven35.7 mi away

1%259

Smithtown28.2 mi away

1%136

Long Beach6.2 mi away

0%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%1,414

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

How far

How far Freeport commutes

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

50%

41%

50%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freeport is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Freeport are

12,372 jobs are based in Freeport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Freeport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Freeport

12,372 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Freeport residents hold

19,177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+2%

Jobs based in Freeport, 2013 → 2023: 12,107 → 12,372. 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.