Work & commute · New Hempstead

Work & commute in New Hempstead, NY

Most working residents leave New Hempstead for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Ramapo (36%), New York (20%) and Clarkstown (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

78 of 2,006 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,928 New Hempstead residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 1,105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Hempstead.

1,928live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

1,105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Hempstead goes to work

Ramapo2.9 mi away

36%728

New York33.9 mi away

20%394

Clarkstown4.5 mi away

8%169

Orangetown8.3 mi away

3%61

Palm Tree14.6 mi away

2%34

Haverstraw3.9 mi away

2%32

Mount Pleasant12.4 mi away

1%27

Hempstead42.3 mi away

1%20

Greenburgh13.5 mi away

1%18

Brookhaven60.3 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%510

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

How far

How far New Hempstead commutes

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

52%

18%

24%

52%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Hempstead is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Hempstead are

1,183 jobs are based in New Hempstead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Hempstead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Hempstead

1,183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs New Hempstead residents hold

2,006 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+12%

Jobs based in New Hempstead, 2013 → 2023: 1,056 → 1,183. 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.