Work & commute · Long Beach

Work & commute in Long Beach, NY

Most working residents leave Long Beach for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (43%), Hempstead (24%) and North Hempstead (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,406 of 14,033 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,627 Long Beach residents head out of town to work, 1,406 work right here, and 4,005 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Beach.

12,627live here, work elsewhere

1,406live and work here

4,005work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Beach goes to work

New York15.3 mi away

43%6,013

Hempstead4.4 mi away

24%3,416

Long Beach (in town)right here

10%1,406

North Hempstead15 mi away

6%890

Oyster Bay16.9 mi away

3%440

Huntington25.6 mi away

1%162

Babylon18.7 mi away

1%159

Islip26.1 mi away

1%150

Brookhaven41.4 mi away

1%111

Smithtown34.3 mi away

0%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%1,219

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

How far

How far Long Beach commutes

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

33%

57%

33%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Beach is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Beach are

5,411 jobs are based in Long Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Long Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Long Beach

5,411 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Long Beach residents hold

14,033 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+1%

Jobs based in Long Beach, 2013 → 2023: 5,364 → 5,411. 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.