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Work & commute · Old Field

Work & commute in Old Field, NY

Most working residents leave Old Field for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brookhaven (44%), New York (16%) and Islip (11%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
1 of 411 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 410 Old Field residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old Field.

410live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
47work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Old Field goes to work

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1
Brookhaven11.7 mi away
44%180
2
New York47.2 mi away
16%67
3
Islip17.6 mi away
11%46
4
Smithtown4.1 mi away
8%33
5
Huntington14 mi away
4%15
6
Hempstead34 mi away
2%8
7
North Hempstead30.7 mi away
1%6
8
Babylon24.5 mi away
1%5
9
Oyster Bay22.9 mi away
1%5
10
Albany122.3 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
10%42

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

How far

How far Old Field commutes

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

41%Under 10 mi
29%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Old Field is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Old Field are

48 jobs are based in Old Field. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Old Field’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Old Field

48 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)81%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Old Field residents hold

411 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month73%
+9%

Jobs based in Old Field, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 48. 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.

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