Work & commute · Greenlawn

Work & commute in Greenlawn, NY

Most working residents leave Greenlawn for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (24%), Huntington (24%) and Oyster Bay (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

288 of 6,754 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,466 Greenlawn residents head out of town to work, 288 work right here, and 1,828 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenlawn.

6,466live here, work elsewhere

288live and work here

1,828work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenlawn goes to work

New York33 mi away

24%1,645

Huntington1.5 mi away

24%1,593

Oyster Bay8.7 mi away

10%665

Islip13.5 mi away

8%536

Hempstead20.3 mi away

7%447

North Hempstead16.9 mi away

6%403

Babylon15.6 mi away

5%332

Smithtown10.5 mi away

4%303

Brookhaven21.2 mi away

2%162

Glen Cove14.7 mi away

0%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%639

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

How far

How far Greenlawn commutes

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

40%

30%

25%

40%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenlawn is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenlawn are

2,116 jobs are based in Greenlawn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenlawn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenlawn

2,116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Greenlawn residents hold

6,754 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−4%

Jobs based in Greenlawn, 2013 → 2023: 2,198 → 2,116. 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.