Work & commute · Sea Cliff

Work & commute in Sea Cliff, NY

Most working residents leave Sea Cliff for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (33%), North Hempstead (18%) and Oyster Bay (16%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

158 of 2,132 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,974 Sea Cliff residents head out of town to work, 158 work right here, and 1,615 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sea Cliff.

1,974live here, work elsewhere

158live and work here

1,615work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sea Cliff goes to work

New York19.7 mi away

33%705

North Hempstead3.3 mi away

18%374

Oyster Bay8 mi away

16%348

Hempstead14.8 mi away

10%223

Glen Cove2.7 mi away

4%85

Huntington14.5 mi away

3%71

Islip25.3 mi away

2%34

Babylon22.5 mi away

1%31

Brookhaven36.1 mi away

1%21

Smithtown25.2 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%220

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

How far

How far Sea Cliff commutes

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

45%

47%

45%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sea Cliff is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sea Cliff are

1,773 jobs are based in Sea Cliff. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sea Cliff’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sea Cliff

1,773 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Sea Cliff residents hold

2,132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−2%

Jobs based in Sea Cliff, 2013 → 2023: 1,817 → 1,773. 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.