Work & commute · Lake Grove

Work & commute in Lake Grove, NY

Most working residents leave Lake Grove for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Brookhaven (24%), New York (18%) and Islip (16%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

144 of 5,098 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,954 Lake Grove residents head out of town to work, 144 work right here, and 6,553 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Grove.

4,954live here, work elsewhere

144live and work here

6,553work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Grove goes to work

Brookhaven8.2 mi away

24%1,245

New York45.1 mi away

18%934

Islip10.6 mi away

16%841

Smithtown5.3 mi away

9%484

Huntington13.7 mi away

5%279

Hempstead30.1 mi away

5%230

Babylon18.3 mi away

4%200

Oyster Bay21 mi away

4%198

North Hempstead29.6 mi away

3%130

Riverhead22.5 mi away

1%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%503

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

How far

How far Lake Grove commutes

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

46%

20%

28%

46%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Grove are

6,697 jobs are based in Lake Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Grove

6,697 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities81%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less46%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Lake Grove residents hold

5,098 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+26%

Jobs based in Lake Grove, 2013 → 2023: 5,301 → 6,697. 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.