Every workday, about 42,000 people come to Melville for work
Most working residents leave Melville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (28%), Huntington (17%) and Oyster Bay (12%). Half commute less than 13 miles.
What kind of work town is Melville?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Melville’s population more than doubles on a workday
On a workday 7,942 residents head out to work, 725 work right here, and 42,369 people come in from elsewhere.
About 54,000 people are in Melville on a workday afternoon, 175% more than live here.
5.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
35% of Melville works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Huntington (17%). Darker towns draw more of Melville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Where Melville’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Melville clocks in
28% of workers
17% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
80% of the jobs in Melville pay over $3,333 a month
43,094 jobs are based in Melville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Melville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Melville, 2013 → 2023: 43,684 → 43,094. 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.
Half of Melville commutes less than 13 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
About 33 minutes each way, about the NY average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Melville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
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.
More of Melville
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Melville, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.