Work & commute · Garden

Work & commute in Garden, NY

Most working residents leave Garden for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (46%), Hempstead (23%) and North Hempstead (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

918 of 9,442 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,524 Garden residents head out of town to work, 918 work right here, and 28,835 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garden.

8,524live here, work elsewhere

918live and work here

28,835work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garden goes to work

New York15.9 mi away

46%4,346

Hempstead6.6 mi away

23%2,129

North Hempstead5.6 mi away

11%1,082

Oyster Bay8.8 mi away

5%451

Huntington17.8 mi away

2%189

Islip23.5 mi away

1%137

Babylon18.2 mi away

1%108

Brookhaven37 mi away

1%63

Smithtown27.9 mi away

0%46

Jersey City, NJ22 mi away

0%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%858

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

How far

How far Garden commutes

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

43%

49%

43%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garden is a job hub

3.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Garden are

29,753 jobs are based in Garden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Garden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Garden

29,753 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Garden residents hold

9,442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+53%

Jobs based in Garden, 2013 → 2023: 19,452 → 29,753. 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.