Photo: LongIslandProud · CC BY-SA 3.0How Bellmore works: jobs, income and commuting
The average commute takes 34 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Only 5% work in Bellmore itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (36%, 22 miles). 4,566 jobs are based in Bellmore for 7,946 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bellmore: the gist
Bellmore and New York City trade workers both ways
New York City is the top workplace for Bellmore residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Bellmore come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bellmore
73% of Bellmore residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in Bellmore pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Where people from Bellmore work
Where Bellmore clocks in
36% of workers
28% of workers
8% 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.
What Bellmore’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bellmore, 2013 → 2023: 4,879 → 4,566. 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 Bellmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Bellmore
On a workday 7,559 residents head out to work, 387 work right here, and 4,179 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Bellmore on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.57 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.
About 34 minutes each way for Bellmore’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bellmore workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,848 commuters (the 19% 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.
Half of Bellmore commutes less than 12 miles
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.
Work in the towns next to Bellmore
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bellmore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellmore | – | — | — | 34 min | $161,674 |
| Merrick | under 1% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Wantagh | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| North Bellmore | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Merrick, Wantagh and North Bellmore: 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 Bellmore’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 Bellmore: questions
What is the median household income in Bellmore?
$161,674 (±$8,076) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bellmore?
3.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bellmore?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bellmore work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (36%, 22 mi), Hempstead (28%, 5 mi), Oyster Bay (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bellmore without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bellmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bellmore
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.