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Work & commute in Lakeview · A commuter town

99% of Lakeview’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Lakeview for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New York (50%), Hempstead (25%) and North Hempstead (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Work in town
1%
33 of 3,141 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
49 min
More than NY (33 min)
Work from home
6%
Less than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
755
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Lakeview?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

50% of working residents work in New York

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

MalverneLynbrookLong BeachRockville CentreAlbany: 12 residents work here (0%)New York: 1,564 residents work here (50%)Babylon: 41 residents work here (1%)Hempstead: 770 residents work here (25%)North Hempstead: 263 residents work here (8%)Brookhaven: 21 residents work here (1%)Islip: 34 residents work here (1%)Smithtown: 16 residents work here (1%)Huntington: 45 residents work here (1%)Oyster Bay: 116 residents work here (4%)LakeviewWest HempsteadNew YorkHempsteadNorth HempsteadOyster BayHuntingtonBabylonLakeview
1
New York15.2 mi away
50%1,564
2
Hempstead3.7 mi away
25%770
3
North Hempstead8.8 mi away
8%263
4
Oyster Bay11.2 mi away
4%116
5
Huntington20.2 mi away
1%45
6
Babylon17.6 mi away
1%41
7
Islip23.9 mi away
1%34
8
Brookhaven38.2 mi away
1%21
9
Smithtown29.8 mi away
1%16
10
Albany137.6 mi away
0%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
8%259
The top trips

Where Lakeview clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in LakeviewJobs Lakeview residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms1%5%
Trade, transport & utilities2%16%
Services: health, schools, offices97%79%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less6%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%22%
Over $3,333 a month81%67%

Who does it

29 or younger11%21%
30 to 5452%54%
55 and older36%26%
−65%

Jobs based in Lakeview, 2013 → 2023: 2,156 → 755. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 49 minutes each way, longer than most of New York

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
373 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Lakeview49 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%

of Lakeview workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Lakeview quiets down on a workday

On a workday 3,108 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 722 people come in from elsewhere.

3,108live here, work elsewhere
33live and work here
722work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night5,800
Workday3,400
5,800live here− 3,100head out to work+ 720come in to work= 3,400on a workday

About 3,400 people are in Lakeview on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.24jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Lakeview commutes less than 13 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miNew York: 50% · 15.2 miHempstead: 25% · 3.7 miNorth Hempstead: 8% · 8.8 miOyster Bay: 4% · 11.2 miHuntington: 1% · 20.2 miBabylon: 1% · 17.6 miIslip: 1% · 23.9 miBrookhaven: 1% · 38.2 miSmithtown: 1% · 29.8 miAlbany: 0% · 137.6 miNew York 50%Hempstead 25%North Hempstead 8%Oyster Bay 4%Huntington 1%Lakeview
LakeviewTop destinations (size = commuters)
43%Under 10 mi1,342 residents
49%10–24 mi1,528 residents
4%25–50 mi124 residents
5%Over 50 mi144 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Lakeview and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Lakeview’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Malverne33 min
Lynbrook35 min
West Hempstead36 min
Rockville Centre37 min
Lakeview49 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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