Work & commute · Hewlett Harbor

Work & commute in Hewlett Harbor, NY

Most working residents leave Hewlett Harbor for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New York (45%), Hempstead (34%) and North Hempstead (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 498 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 487 Hewlett Harbor residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hewlett Harbor.

487live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hewlett Harbor goes to work

New York13.4 mi away

45%222

Hempstead4 mi away

34%167

North Hempstead11.7 mi away

6%31

Oyster Bay14.8 mi away

3%15

Huntington23.7 mi away

2%12

Islip26.2 mi away

1%7

Brookhaven41 mi away

1%5

Babylon19.4 mi away

1%4

Jersey City, NJ20.6 mi away

1%3

Long Beach3.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

6%29

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

How far

How far Hewlett Harbor commutes

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

46%

46%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hewlett Harbor is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hewlett Harbor are

158 jobs are based in Hewlett Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hewlett Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hewlett Harbor

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hewlett Harbor residents hold

498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−8%

Jobs based in Hewlett Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 158. 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.