Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0Bohemia has 3.5 jobs for every working resident: 17,403 people commute in to work
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where New York as a whole has 15%. There are 17,947 jobs in Bohemia, against 5,125 working residents. About one in ten work in Bohemia itself; outside it, Islip draws the most (33%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Bohemia stands out on work
Bohemia fills up on a workday
Bohemia has 17,947 jobs, 3.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 22,000 people are in town, more than double the 9,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Bohemia’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bohemia is New York City, 43 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (900) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Bohemia makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Bohemia are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bohemia residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Bohemia are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
In and out of Bohemia on a workday
On a workday 4,581 residents head out to work and 544 work right here.
About 22,000 people are in Bohemia on a workday afternoon, 140% more 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 Bohemia
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.
Bohemia works in goods: 41% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bohemia, 2013 → 2023: 17,147 → 17,947. 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 Bohemia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Bohemia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bohemia workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,909 commuters (the 6% 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.
Who travels to work in Bohemia, and from where
Where Bohemia clocks in
33% of workers
18% of workers
13% 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.
Bohemia and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bohemia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohemia | – | — | — | 28 min | $125,781 |
| Central Islip | under 1% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| North Great River | under 1% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Ronkonkoma | under 1% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Oakdale | under 1% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Sayville | under 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Holbrook | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Central Islip, North Great River, Ronkonkoma, Oakdale, Sayville and Holbrook: 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 Bohemia’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 Bohemia: questions
What is the median household income in Bohemia?
$125,781 (±$19,762) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bohemia?
8.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bohemia?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bohemia work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Islip (33%, 5 mi), New York City (18%, 43 mi), Brookhaven (13%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bohemia without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bohemia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bohemia
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.