Work & commute · Port Washington

Work & commute in Port Washington, NY

Most working residents leave Port Washington for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (48%), North Hempstead (24%) and Hempstead (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

674 of 6,553 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,879 Port Washington residents head out of town to work, 674 work right here, and 11,160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Washington.

5,879live here, work elsewhere

674live and work here

11,160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Washington goes to work

New York17.7 mi away

48%3,137

North Hempstead1.7 mi away

24%1,562

Hempstead13.9 mi away

7%435

Oyster Bay9.1 mi away

5%317

Huntington16.3 mi away

2%139

Babylon23 mi away

1%75

Islip26.4 mi away

1%68

Brookhaven37.7 mi away

1%45

Glen Cove4.3 mi away

1%35

Smithtown27 mi away

0%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%708

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

How far

How far Port Washington commutes

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

38%

54%

38%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Washington is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Washington are

11,834 jobs are based in Port Washington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Washington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port Washington

11,834 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Port Washington residents hold

6,553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+17%

Jobs based in Port Washington, 2013 → 2023: 10,118 → 11,834. 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.