Work & commute · Islip

Work & commute in Islip, NY

About one in 4 of Islip’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (18%), Brookhaven (10%) and Smithtown (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

45,692 of 160,358 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 114,666 Islip residents head out of town to work, 45,692 work right here, and 98,674 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Islip.

114,666live here, work elsewhere

45,692live and work here

98,674work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Islip goes to work

Islip (in town)right here

28%45,692

New York39 mi away

18%28,431

Brookhaven15.8 mi away

10%15,631

Smithtown14 mi away

8%13,564

Babylon8.1 mi away

8%13,252

Huntington14.9 mi away

6%10,101

Oyster Bay17.4 mi away

5%8,198

Hempstead22.3 mi away

5%8,149

North Hempstead25.9 mi away

3%4,835

Riverhead30.9 mi away

1%844

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%11,661

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

How far

How far Islip commutes

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

48%

25%

23%

48%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Islip is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Islip are

144,366 jobs are based in Islip. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Islip’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Islip

144,366 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Islip residents hold

160,358 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+2%

Jobs based in Islip, 2013 → 2023: 141,316 → 144,366. 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.