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Work & commute · Roslyn

Work & commute in Roslyn, NY

Most working residents leave Roslyn for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (50%), North Hempstead (21%) and Hempstead (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
40 of 1,237 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 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 1,197 Roslyn residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 2,638 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roslyn.

1,197live here, work elsewhere
40live and work here
2,638work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Roslyn goes to work

Roslyn EstatesRoslynRoslyn HarborFlower HillEast HillsGlen CoveNew YorkBabylonHempsteadNorth HempsteadBrookhavenIslipSmithtownHarrisonHuntingtonOyster BayNew YorkNorth HempsteadHempsteadOyster BayHuntingtonBabylonGlen CoveIslipSmithtownHarrisonRoslyn
1
New York17.8 mi away
50%617
2
North Hempstead1.5 mi away
21%255
3
Hempstead11.7 mi away
8%103
4
Oyster Bay7.3 mi away
6%75
5
Huntington15.4 mi away
2%24
6
Babylon20.6 mi away
1%17
7
Glen Cove5.9 mi away
1%10
8
Islip24.4 mi away
1%10
9
Smithtown26 mi away
1%10
10
Harrison15.9 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
9%108

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

How far

How far Roslyn 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
53%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
3%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Roslyn is a job hub

2.16jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roslyn are

2,678 jobs are based in Roslyn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roslyn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roslyn

2,678 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Roslyn residents hold

1,237 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)78%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%
Over $3,333 a month77%
−11%

Jobs based in Roslyn, 2013 → 2023: 2,998 → 2,678. 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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