Work & commute · Mineola

Work & commute in Mineola, NY

Most working residents leave Mineola for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (39%), North Hempstead (24%) and Hempstead (15%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

878 of 9,684 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 8,806 Mineola residents head out of town to work, 878 work right here, and 17,580 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mineola.

8,806live here, work elsewhere

878live and work here

17,580work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mineola goes to work

New York16.7 mi away

39%3,771

North Hempstead4.4 mi away

24%2,302

Hempstead8 mi away

15%1,466

Oyster Bay7.7 mi away

6%624

Huntington16.7 mi away

3%262

Babylon18.4 mi away

2%179

Islip23.2 mi away

2%151

Brookhaven36.3 mi away

1%97

Smithtown26.9 mi away

1%60

Glen Cove9.5 mi away

0%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%739

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

How far

How far Mineola commutes

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

51%

42%

51%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mineola is a job hub

1.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mineola are

18,458 jobs are based in Mineola. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mineola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mineola

18,458 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Mineola residents hold

9,684 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−41%

Jobs based in Mineola, 2013 → 2023: 31,161 → 18,458. 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.