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Work & commute in North Bellmore · A commuter town

96% of North Bellmore’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave North Bellmore for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (36%), Hempstead (29%) and North Hempstead (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Work in town
4%
373 of 10,364 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
36 min
More than NY (33 min)
Work from home
19%
More than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
2,871
A commuter town

What kind of work town is North Bellmore?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

36% of working residents work in New York

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Jersey City: 32 residents work here (0%)Long BeachNew York: 3,699 residents work here (36%)Babylon: 362 residents work here (3%)Hempstead: 2,988 residents work here (29%)North Hempstead: 865 residents work here (8%)Brookhaven: 146 residents work here (1%)Islip: 210 residents work here (2%)Smithtown: 76 residents work here (1%)Huntington: 369 residents work here (4%)Oyster Bay: 860 residents work here (8%)North MerrickNorth WantaghBellmoreNorth BellmoreWantaghMerrickEast MeadowNew YorkHempsteadNorth HempsteadOyster BayHuntingtonBabylonNorth Bellmore
1
New York21 mi away
36%3,699
2
Hempstead5.4 mi away
29%2,988
3
North Hempstead10.7 mi away
8%865
4
Oyster Bay7.8 mi away
8%860
5
Huntington15.9 mi away
4%369
6
Babylon12.1 mi away
3%362
7
Islip18 mi away
2%210
8
Brookhaven32.4 mi away
1%146
9
Smithtown24.6 mi away
1%76
10
Jersey City, NJ27.6 mi away
0%32
Everywhere elseother towns and states
7%757
The top trips

Where North Bellmore clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

North Bellmore quiets down on a workday

On a workday 9,991 residents head out to work, 373 work right here, and 2,498 people come in from elsewhere.

9,991live here, work elsewhere
373live and work here
2,498work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night21,000
Workday13,000
21,000live here− 10,000head out to work+ 2,500come in to work= 13,000on a workday

About 13,000 people are in North Bellmore on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.28jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.

How far

Half of North Bellmore commutes less than 11 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi40 miNew York: 36% · 21 miHempstead: 29% · 5.4 miNorth Hempstead: 8% · 10.7 miOyster Bay: 8% · 7.8 miHuntington: 4% · 15.9 miBabylon: 3% · 12.1 miIslip: 2% · 18 miBrookhaven: 1% · 32.4 miSmithtown: 1% · 24.6 miJersey City: 0% · 27.6 miNew York 36%Hempstead 29%North Hempstead 8%Oyster Bay 8%Huntington 4%North Bellmore
North BellmoreTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi4,855 residents
43%10–24 mi4,455 residents
6%25–50 mi667 residents
4%Over 50 mi378 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 2,871 jobs in North Bellmore are

2,871 jobs are based in North Bellmore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Bellmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North BellmoreJobs North Bellmore residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms9%8%
Trade, transport & utilities30%16%
Services: health, schools, offices61%76%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less23%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%17%
Over $3,333 a month42%73%

Who does it

29 or younger26%19%
30 to 5444%54%
55 and older31%27%
−6%

Jobs based in North Bellmore, 2013 → 2023: 3,044 → 2,871. 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.

Time on the road

About 36 minutes each way, longer than most of New York

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
277 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

North Bellmore36 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
19%

of North Bellmore workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Next door

North Bellmore and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of North Bellmore’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.
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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.

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