Work & commute · Huntington

Work & commute in Huntington, NY

About one in 4 of Huntington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (25%), Oyster Bay (10%) and Islip (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

21,880 of 96,914 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 75,034 Huntington residents head out of town to work, 21,880 work right here, and 79,079 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huntington.

75,034live here, work elsewhere

21,880live and work here

79,079work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huntington goes to work

New York33.1 mi away

25%24,317

Huntington (in town)right here

23%21,880

Oyster Bay9.1 mi away

10%9,220

Islip14.9 mi away

7%6,825

Hempstead21.1 mi away

7%6,613

North Hempstead16.7 mi away

7%6,461

Babylon17.1 mi away

5%5,028

Smithtown10.7 mi away

4%4,238

Brookhaven21.9 mi away

3%2,826

Albany125 mi away

1%487

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%9,019

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

How far

How far Huntington commutes

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

39%

30%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huntington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Huntington are

100,959 jobs are based in Huntington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huntington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Huntington

100,959 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Huntington residents hold

96,914 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−1%

Jobs based in Huntington, 2013 → 2023: 102,478 → 100,959. 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.