Work & commute · Westbury

Work & commute in Westbury, NY

Most working residents leave Westbury for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (36%), North Hempstead (19%) and Hempstead (17%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

385 of 7,847 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,462 Westbury residents head out of town to work, 385 work right here, and 4,236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westbury.

7,462live here, work elsewhere

385live and work here

4,236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westbury goes to work

New York19.5 mi away

36%2,793

North Hempstead5.6 mi away

19%1,499

Hempstead8.8 mi away

17%1,341

Oyster Bay5 mi away

10%796

Huntington14 mi away

3%264

Babylon16.5 mi away

3%215

Islip20.7 mi away

2%129

Brookhaven33.6 mi away

1%87

Smithtown24.1 mi away

1%50

Glen Cove9.1 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%625

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

How far

How far Westbury commutes

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

52%

41%

52%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westbury is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westbury are

4,621 jobs are based in Westbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westbury

4,621 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Westbury residents hold

7,847 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+10%

Jobs based in Westbury, 2013 → 2023: 4,193 → 4,621. 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.