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Work & commute in North Lindenhurst · Balanced

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

Most working residents leave North Lindenhurst for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Babylon (24%), New York (19%) and Islip (11%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Work in town
4%
206 of 5,803 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
33 min
More than NY (33 min)
Work from home
5%
Less than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
5,507
Balanced

What kind of work town is North Lindenhurst?

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

★ What stands out · The commute map

24% of working residents work in Babylon

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

LindenhurstYonkers: 18 residents work here (0%)New York: 1,119 residents work here (19%)Babylon: 1,384 residents work here (24%)Hempstead: 558 residents work here (10%)North Hempstead: 292 residents work here (5%)Brookhaven: 188 residents work here (3%)Islip: 644 residents work here (11%)Smithtown: 166 residents work here (3%)Huntington: 432 residents work here (7%)SouthamptonOyster Bay: 583 residents work here (10%)North LindenhurstNorth AmityvilleWest BabylonBabylonNew YorkIslipOyster BayHempsteadHuntingtonNorth Lindenhurst
1
Babylon5.8 mi away
24%1,384
2
New York29.1 mi away
19%1,119
3
Islip9.9 mi away
11%644
4
Oyster Bay9.2 mi away
10%583
5
Hempstead12.7 mi away
10%558
6
Huntington12.2 mi away
7%432
7
North Hempstead16.7 mi away
5%292
8
Brookhaven24.6 mi away
3%188
9
Smithtown18.2 mi away
3%166
10
Yonkers30.1 mi away
0%18
Everywhere elseother towns and states
7%419
The top trips

Where North Lindenhurst clocks in

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

The jobs

North Lindenhurst makes things: 34% of its jobs are in goods

5,507 jobs are based in North Lindenhurst. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Lindenhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North LindenhurstJobs North Lindenhurst residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms34%14%
Trade, transport & utilities23%22%
Services: health, schools, offices42%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%25%
Over $3,333 a month63%64%

Who does it

29 or younger21%22%
30 to 5448%49%
55 and older32%29%
−16%

Jobs based in North Lindenhurst, 2013 → 2023: 6,593 → 5,507. 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.

Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,597 residents head out to work, 206 work right here, and 5,301 people come in from elsewhere.

5,597live here, work elsewhere
206live and work here
5,301work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night11,000
Workday11,000
11,000live here− 5,600head out to work+ 5,300come in to work= 11,000on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.95jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

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 Lindenhurst commutes less than 10 miles

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

10 mi25 mi35 miBabylon: 24% · 5.8 miNew York: 19% · 29.1 miIslip: 11% · 9.9 miOyster Bay: 10% · 9.2 miHempstead: 10% · 12.7 miHuntington: 7% · 12.2 miNorth Hempstead: 5% · 16.7 miBrookhaven: 3% · 24.6 miSmithtown: 3% · 18.2 miYonkers: 0% · 30.1 miBabylon 24%New York 19%Islip 11%Oyster Bay 10%Hempstead 10%North Lindenhurst
North LindenhurstTop destinations (size = commuters)
48%Under 10 mi2,781 residents
28%10–24 mi1,651 residents
20%25–50 mi1,146 residents
4%Over 50 mi222 residents

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

Time on the road

About 33 minutes each way, about the NY average

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

A year of commuting
255 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

North Lindenhurst33 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

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

About 1 in 10
Next door

North Lindenhurst and the towns next door

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

West Babylon: few work hereNorth Amityville: few work hereLindenhurst: few work hereWest BabylonNorth AmityvilleLindenhurstNorth Lindenhurst
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

North Amityville28 min
West Babylon31 min
Lindenhurst32 min
North Lindenhurst33 min
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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