Work & commute · Mill Neck

Work & commute in Mill Neck, NY

Most working residents leave Mill Neck for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New York (36%), Oyster Bay (22%) and Hempstead (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 422 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 415 Mill Neck residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mill Neck.

415live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mill Neck goes to work

New York25 mi away

36%153

Oyster Bay6.2 mi away

22%94

Hempstead17.3 mi away

9%40

North Hempstead8.3 mi away

8%35

Huntington9.5 mi away

4%18

Islip22.1 mi away

4%16

Babylon20.9 mi away

2%7

Brookhaven31.3 mi away

1%6

Smithtown20.1 mi away

1%6

Glen Cove4.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%42

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

How far

How far Mill Neck commutes

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

29%

56%

11%

29%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mill Neck is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mill Neck are

292 jobs are based in Mill Neck. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mill Neck’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mill Neck

292 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Mill Neck residents hold

422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+13%

Jobs based in Mill Neck, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 292. 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.