98% of South Hempstead’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave South Hempstead for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New York (38%), Hempstead (33%) and North Hempstead (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.
What kind of work town is South Hempstead?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
38% of working residents work in New York
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where South Hempstead clocks in
38% of workers
33% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
South Hempstead quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,773 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in South Hempstead on a workday afternoon, 51% fewer than live here.
0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of South Hempstead commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 208 jobs in South Hempstead are
208 jobs are based in South Hempstead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Hempstead’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in South Hempstead, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 208. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
About 30 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of South Hempstead workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
South Hempstead and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of South Hempstead’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of South Hempstead
Commuter talk
Getting to work from South Hempstead, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.