Work & commute · North Hempstead

Work & commute in North Hempstead, NY

About one in 5 of North Hempstead’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (47%), Hempstead (11%) and Oyster Bay (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

21,265 of 104,244 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 82,979 North Hempstead residents head out of town to work, 21,265 work right here, and 140,959 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Hempstead.

82,979live here, work elsewhere

21,265live and work here

140,959work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Hempstead goes to work

New York16.7 mi away

47%48,818

North Hempstead (in town)right here

20%21,265

Hempstead12.3 mi away

11%11,152

Oyster Bay8.8 mi away

6%6,358

Huntington16.7 mi away

2%2,424

Babylon22 mi away

2%1,782

Islip25.9 mi away

1%1,360

Brookhaven37.8 mi away

1%803

Smithtown27.3 mi away

1%616

Glen Cove5.9 mi away

0%470

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%9,196

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

How far

How far North Hempstead commutes

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

45%

47%

45%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Hempstead is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Hempstead are

162,224 jobs are based in North Hempstead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Hempstead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Hempstead

162,224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs North Hempstead residents hold

104,244 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+3%

Jobs based in North Hempstead, 2013 → 2023: 157,045 → 162,224. 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.