With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Baldwin works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 40 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26). There are 4,717 jobs in Baldwin for 16,475 working residents. Only 4% work in Baldwin itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (44%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Baldwin apart
44% of Baldwin works in New York City
7,185 working residents, 44%, have their main job in New York City, 17 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Baldwin itself. The commute map ↓
Baldwin workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Baldwin
70% of Baldwin residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Baldwin pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Baldwin is a place people come home to
There are 4,717 jobs based in Baldwin, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Baldwin has about 23,000 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Commuting out of Baldwin: the destinations
Where Baldwin clocks in
44% of workers
28% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
From Baldwin, about 40 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baldwin workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,077 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What Baldwin’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baldwin, 2013 → 2023: 5,400 → 4,717. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baldwin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Baldwin quiets down on a workday
On a workday 15,815 residents head out to work, 660 work right here, and 4,057 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in Baldwin on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Baldwin
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Baldwin
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baldwin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin | – | — | — | 40 min | $145,472 |
| Freeport | under 1% | A− | A+ | 36 min | $120,625 |
| Rockville Centre | under 1% | A | A+ | 37 min | $151,938 |
| Oceanside | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| South Hempstead | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Hempstead | under 1% | B− | A+ | 33 min | $90,420 |
| Roosevelt | under 1% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Uniondale | under 1% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oceanside, South Hempstead, Roosevelt and Uniondale: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Baldwin’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Baldwin: questions
What is the median household income in Baldwin?
$145,472 (±$9,331) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baldwin?
6.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baldwin?
40 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baldwin work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (44%, 17 mi), Hempstead (28%, 1 mi), North Hempstead (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Baldwin without a car?
14% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baldwin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baldwin
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.