Work & commute · Glen Cove

Work & commute in Glen Cove, NY

Most working residents leave Glen Cove for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New York (31%), North Hempstead (14%) and Oyster Bay (14%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,617 of 12,612 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,995 Glen Cove residents head out of town to work, 1,617 work right here, and 6,476 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen Cove.

10,995live here, work elsewhere

1,617live and work here

6,476work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen Cove goes to work

New York21.7 mi away

31%3,960

North Hempstead5.9 mi away

14%1,806

Oyster Bay9.1 mi away

14%1,788

Glen Cove (in town)right here

13%1,617

Hempstead17.4 mi away

8%1,060

Huntington14 mi away

4%511

Islip26.1 mi away

2%205

Babylon24.1 mi away

2%203

Brookhaven35.8 mi away

1%126

Smithtown24.5 mi away

1%116

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%1,220

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

How far

How far Glen Cove commutes

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

45%

47%

45%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen Cove is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen Cove are

8,093 jobs are based in Glen Cove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glen Cove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glen Cove

8,093 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Glen Cove residents hold

12,612 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−5%

Jobs based in Glen Cove, 2013 → 2023: 8,509 → 8,093. 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.