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Work & commute in Lido Beach · Balanced

94% of Lido Beach’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Lido Beach for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (37%), Hempstead (29%) and North Hempstead (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Work in town
6%
69 of 1,178 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
41 min
More than NY (33 min)
Work from home
21%
More than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
1,161
Balanced

What kind of work town is Lido Beach?

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

★ What stands out · The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

1,161 jobs are based in Lido Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lido Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lido BeachJobs Lido Beach residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms2%7%
Trade, transport & utilities2%13%
Services: health, schools, offices96%80%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%16%
Over $3,333 a month66%74%

Who does it

29 or younger13%16%
30 to 5455%48%
55 and older31%36%
+46%

Jobs based in Lido Beach, 2013 → 2023: 795 → 1,161. 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.

The commute map

37% 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.

Jersey City: 5 residents work here (0%)Long Beach: 72 residents work here (6%)New York: 435 residents work here (37%)Babylon: 23 residents work here (2%)Hempstead: 339 residents work here (29%)North Hempstead: 78 residents work here (7%)Brookhaven: 6 residents work here (1%)Islip: 21 residents work here (2%)SmithtownHuntington: 38 residents work here (3%)Oyster Bay: 59 residents work here (5%)Point LookoutLido BeachNew YorkHempsteadNorth HempsteadLong BeachOyster BayHuntingtonLido Beach
1
New York18.3 mi away
37%435
2
Hempstead3.1 mi away
29%339
3
North Hempstead15.3 mi away
7%78
4
Long Beach3.2 mi away
6%72
5
Oyster Bay15.4 mi away
5%59
6
Huntington23.6 mi away
3%38
7
Babylon15.5 mi away
2%23
8
Islip23.1 mi away
2%21
9
Brookhaven38.5 mi away
1%6
10
Jersey City, NJ25.6 mi away
0%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
9%102
The top trips

Where Lido Beach clocks in

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

Time on the road

About 41 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
317 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Lido Beach41 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
21%

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

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,109 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 1,092 people come in from elsewhere.

1,109live here, work elsewhere
69live and work here
1,092work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,500
Workday2,500
2,500live here− 1,100head out to work+ 1,100come in to work= 2,500on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.99jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

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 Lido Beach commutes less than 15 miles

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

10 mi25 mi45 miNew York: 37% · 18.3 miHempstead: 29% · 3.1 miNorth Hempstead: 7% · 15.3 miLong Beach: 6% · 3.2 miOyster Bay: 5% · 15.4 miHuntington: 3% · 23.6 miBabylon: 2% · 15.5 miIslip: 2% · 23.1 miBrookhaven: 1% · 38.5 miJersey City: 0% · 25.6 miNew York 37%Hempstead 29%North Hempstead 7%Long Beach 6%Oyster Bay 5%Lido Beach
Lido BeachTop destinations (size = commuters)
32%Under 10 mi381 residents
57%10–24 mi669 residents
7%25–50 mi87 residents
3%Over 50 mi40 residents

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

Next door

Lido Beach and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Long Beach (6%). Darker towns draw more of Lido Beach’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Point Lookout33 min
Lido Beach41 min
Long Beach41 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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