Work & commute · Old Westbury

Work & commute in Old Westbury, NY

Most working residents leave Old Westbury for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (50%), North Hempstead (16%) and Hempstead (11%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74 of 1,921 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,847 Old Westbury residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 5,270 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old Westbury.

1,847live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

5,270work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Old Westbury goes to work

New York19.8 mi away

50%969

North Hempstead4.4 mi away

16%304

Hempstead10.6 mi away

11%205

Oyster Bay4.7 mi away

7%128

Huntington13.4 mi away

2%41

Babylon17.8 mi away

2%31

Islip21.5 mi away

1%21

Brookhaven33.7 mi away

1%15

Smithtown23.7 mi away

1%13

Jersey City, NJ25 mi away

0%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%185

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

How far

How far Old Westbury commutes

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

36%

56%

36%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Old Westbury is a job hub

2.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Old Westbury are

5,344 jobs are based in Old Westbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Old Westbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Old Westbury

5,344 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Old Westbury residents hold

1,921 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−5%

Jobs based in Old Westbury, 2013 → 2023: 5,637 → 5,344. 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.