Work & commute · Searingtown

Work & commute in Searingtown, NY

Most working residents leave Searingtown for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (53%), North Hempstead (21%) and Hempstead (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 2,214 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

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,156 Searingtown residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 656 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Searingtown.

2,156live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

656work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Searingtown goes to work

New York16.4 mi away

53%1,169

North Hempstead2.5 mi away

21%455

Hempstead9.8 mi away

9%197

Oyster Bay8.1 mi away

3%75

Huntington16.8 mi away

2%41

Islip24.5 mi away

1%31

Babylon20.1 mi away

1%29

Smithtown27.2 mi away

1%19

Brookhaven37.1 mi away

1%16

Greenburgh20.3 mi away

0%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%173

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

How far

How far Searingtown commutes

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

44%

49%

44%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Searingtown is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Searingtown are

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

Jobs based in Searingtown

714 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Searingtown residents hold

2,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+19%

Jobs based in Searingtown, 2013 → 2023: 599 → 714. 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.