Work & commute · Sands Point

Work & commute in Sands Point, NY

Most working residents leave Sands Point for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New York (53%), North Hempstead (20%) and Hempstead (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,060 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,046 Sands Point residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sands Point.

1,046live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

505work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sands Point goes to work

New York18 mi away

53%559

North Hempstead3.7 mi away

20%213

Hempstead16 mi away

6%66

Oyster Bay10.7 mi away

5%52

Huntington17.2 mi away

1%13

Harrison11.8 mi away

1%12

Babylon25 mi away

1%9

Brookhaven38.9 mi away

1%9

Islip28.1 mi away

1%9

Glen Cove3.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%112

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

How far

How far Sands Point commutes

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

33%

59%

33%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sands Point is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sands Point are

519 jobs are based in Sands Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sands Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sands Point

519 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Sands Point residents hold

1,060 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−13%

Jobs based in Sands Point, 2013 → 2023: 596 → 519. 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.