Work & commute · Roslyn Heights

Work & commute in Roslyn Heights, NY

Most working residents leave Roslyn Heights for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (51%), North Hempstead (20%) and Hempstead (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

107 of 3,160 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,053 Roslyn Heights residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 1,841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roslyn Heights.

3,053live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

1,841work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roslyn Heights goes to work

New York17.6 mi away

51%1,622

North Hempstead2.6 mi away

20%637

Hempstead10.1 mi away

8%263

Oyster Bay6.9 mi away

6%183

Huntington15.5 mi away

2%76

Islip23.6 mi away

1%41

Babylon19.4 mi away

1%34

Brookhaven36 mi away

1%19

Smithtown26 mi away

1%16

Glen Cove7.3 mi away

0%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%254

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

How far

How far Roslyn Heights commutes

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

42%

51%

42%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roslyn Heights is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roslyn Heights are

1,948 jobs are based in Roslyn Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roslyn Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roslyn Heights

1,948 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Roslyn Heights residents hold

3,160 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−16%

Jobs based in Roslyn Heights, 2013 → 2023: 2,325 → 1,948. 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.