Work & commute · Massapequa Park

Work & commute in Massapequa Park, NY

Most working residents leave Massapequa Park for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (28%), Oyster Bay (20%) and Hempstead (18%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

415 of 8,631 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,216 Massapequa Park residents head out of town to work, 415 work right here, and 2,424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Massapequa Park.

8,216live here, work elsewhere

415live and work here

2,424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Massapequa Park goes to work

New York25.7 mi away

28%2,384

Oyster Bay8.9 mi away

20%1,696

Hempstead9 mi away

18%1,567

North Hempstead14.7 mi away

8%671

Babylon7.5 mi away

7%564

Huntington14.5 mi away

5%449

Islip13.5 mi away

5%415

Smithtown21.7 mi away

2%159

Brookhaven28.4 mi away

2%130

Glen Cove17.4 mi away

0%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%563

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

How far

How far Massapequa Park commutes

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

40%

33%

24%

40%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Massapequa Park is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Massapequa Park are

2,839 jobs are based in Massapequa Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Massapequa Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Massapequa Park

2,839 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Massapequa Park residents hold

8,631 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+5%

Jobs based in Massapequa Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,696 → 2,839. 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.