Work & commute · Lawrence

Work & commute in Lawrence, NY

Most working residents leave Lawrence for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (53%), Hempstead (26%) and North Hempstead (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

174 of 2,360 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 2,186 Lawrence residents head out of town to work, 174 work right here, and 1,752 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lawrence.

2,186live here, work elsewhere

174live and work here

1,752work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lawrence goes to work

New York12.4 mi away

53%1,242

Hempstead6 mi away

26%608

North Hempstead14 mi away

3%77

Oyster Bay17.4 mi away

3%63

Huntington26.4 mi away

2%43

Babylon21.1 mi away

1%30

Islip28.3 mi away

1%26

Brookhaven43.3 mi away

1%23

Smithtown35.6 mi away

1%12

Albany142.6 mi away

0%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%229

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

How far

How far Lawrence commutes

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

34%

55%

34%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lawrence is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lawrence are

1,926 jobs are based in Lawrence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lawrence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lawrence

1,926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Lawrence residents hold

2,360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−9%

Jobs based in Lawrence, 2013 → 2023: 2,117 → 1,926. 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.