Copiague has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 6% work in Copiague itself; outside it, Babylon draws the most (26%, 4 miles). Employers in Copiague report 5,683 jobs, and 10,777 of its residents work somewhere. 9% of workers work from home, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Copiague: the gist
Copiague’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Copiague is New York City, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (2,153) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
49% of the jobs in Copiague are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
The commute from Copiague, by distance
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.
The kinds of work in Copiague
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Copiague, 2013 → 2023: 5,297 → 5,683. 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 Copiague’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Copiague quiets down on a workday
On a workday 10,088 residents head out to work, 689 work right here, and 4,994 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Copiague on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where people from Copiague work
Where Copiague clocks in
20% of workers
11% 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.
About 31 minutes each way for Copiague’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Copiague workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,315 commuters (the 9% 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.
Work in the towns next to Copiague
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Copiague workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copiague | – | — | — | 31 min | $127,369 |
| Amityville | under 1% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $106,285 |
| Lindenhurst | under 1% | A− | A+ | 32 min | $130,128 |
| North Amityville | under 1% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Gilgo | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Amityville and Gilgo: 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 Copiague’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 Copiague: questions
What is the median household income in Copiague?
$127,369 (±$8,273) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Copiague?
5.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Copiague?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Copiague work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Babylon (26%, 4 mi), New York City (20%, 29 mi), Hempstead (11%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Copiague without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Copiague, from the people who make the trip.
More of Copiague
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.