Work & commute · Williston Park

Work & commute in Williston Park, NY

Most working residents leave Williston Park for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (39%), North Hempstead (25%) and Hempstead (14%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

125 of 3,514 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,389 Williston Park residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 1,537 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williston Park.

3,389live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

1,537work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williston Park goes to work

New York16.7 mi away

39%1,361

North Hempstead3.5 mi away

25%862

Hempstead8.8 mi away

14%486

Oyster Bay7.7 mi away

7%249

Huntington16.6 mi away

2%82

Babylon19.1 mi away

2%57

Islip23.7 mi away

2%54

Brookhaven36.6 mi away

1%43

Smithtown26.9 mi away

1%24

Glen Cove8.7 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%276

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

How far

How far Williston Park commutes

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

52%

40%

52%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williston Park is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Williston Park are

1,662 jobs are based in Williston Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williston Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Williston Park

1,662 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Williston Park residents hold

3,514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−3%

Jobs based in Williston Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,711 → 1,662. 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.