Work & commute · Lindenhurst

Work & commute in Lindenhurst, NY

Most working residents leave Lindenhurst for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Babylon (23%), New York (21%) and Islip (11%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,019 of 13,480 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,461 Lindenhurst residents head out of town to work, 1,019 work right here, and 4,355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lindenhurst.

12,461live here, work elsewhere

1,019live and work here

4,355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lindenhurst goes to work

Babylon4.2 mi away

23%3,135

New York29.8 mi away

21%2,826

Islip9.4 mi away

11%1,450

Hempstead13 mi away

10%1,334

Oyster Bay10.8 mi away

10%1,305

Huntington13.7 mi away

7%935

North Hempstead18 mi away

5%667

Brookhaven24.6 mi away

3%442

Smithtown19 mi away

3%401

Yonkers31.5 mi away

0%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%948

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

How far

How far Lindenhurst commutes

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

43%

31%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lindenhurst is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lindenhurst are

5,374 jobs are based in Lindenhurst. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lindenhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lindenhurst

5,374 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lindenhurst residents hold

13,480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+13%

Jobs based in Lindenhurst, 2013 → 2023: 4,767 → 5,374. 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.