Work & commute · Lynbrook

Work & commute in Lynbrook, NY

Most working residents leave Lynbrook for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (45%), Hempstead (31%) and North Hempstead (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

594 of 9,285 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,691 Lynbrook residents head out of town to work, 594 work right here, and 6,821 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynbrook.

8,691live here, work elsewhere

594live and work here

6,821work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynbrook goes to work

New York13.9 mi away

45%4,170

Hempstead3.8 mi away

31%2,861

North Hempstead10.1 mi away

7%642

Oyster Bay13.1 mi away

4%348

Huntington22.1 mi away

2%144

Babylon18.8 mi away

1%136

Islip25.3 mi away

1%129

Smithtown31.6 mi away

1%50

Brookhaven39.8 mi away

0%45

Long Beach5 mi away

0%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%718

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

How far

How far Lynbrook commutes

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

46%

46%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynbrook is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynbrook are

7,415 jobs are based in Lynbrook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lynbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lynbrook

7,415 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Lynbrook residents hold

9,285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−35%

Jobs based in Lynbrook, 2013 → 2023: 11,364 → 7,415. 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.