Work & commute · Laurel Hollow

Work & commute in Laurel Hollow, NY

Most working residents leave Laurel Hollow for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (32%), Oyster Bay (22%) and North Hempstead (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 811 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 771 Laurel Hollow residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 782 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laurel Hollow.

771live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

782work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laurel Hollow goes to work

New York27.6 mi away

32%261

Oyster Bay4.2 mi away

22%181

North Hempstead11.1 mi away

10%80

Hempstead16.9 mi away

9%74

Huntington5.6 mi away

9%71

Babylon17.1 mi away

2%18

Islip17.6 mi away

2%17

Smithtown16.2 mi away

2%15

Glen Cove9 mi away

1%12

Brookhaven27.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%76

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

How far

How far Laurel Hollow commutes

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

36%

35%

26%

36%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laurel Hollow is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Laurel Hollow are

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

Jobs based in Laurel Hollow

822 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Laurel Hollow residents hold

811 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+434%

Jobs based in Laurel Hollow, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 822. 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.