Work & commute · Island Park

Work & commute in Island Park, NY

Most working residents leave Island Park for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (38%), Hempstead (30%) and Long Beach (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

80 of 2,304 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,224 Island Park residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 817 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Island Park.

2,224live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

817work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Island Park goes to work

New York15.4 mi away

38%884

Hempstead3.1 mi away

30%696

Long Beach1.4 mi away

7%151

North Hempstead13.7 mi away

5%116

Oyster Bay15.5 mi away

5%112

Babylon17.9 mi away

3%62

Huntington24.2 mi away

2%44

Islip25.2 mi away

2%36

Brookhaven40.4 mi away

1%22

Smithtown33.1 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%165

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

How far

How far Island Park commutes

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

40%

51%

40%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Island Park is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Island Park are

897 jobs are based in Island Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Island Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Island Park

897 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Island Park residents hold

2,304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+50%

Jobs based in Island Park, 2013 → 2023: 600 → 897. 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.