Photo: Schwalbe from german Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Cove Neck works elsewhere
Working residents average 34 minutes each way, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S. There are 55 jobs in Cove Neck for 113 working residents. Hardly any work in Cove Neck; the top destination outside it is New York City (34%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Cove Neck, and who commutes in
On a workday 113 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Cove Neck on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Commuting out of Cove Neck: the destinations
Where Cove Neck clocks in
34% of workers
23% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Cove Neck
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cove Neck, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 55. 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 Cove Neck’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Cove Neck: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cove Neck workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 97 commuters (the 18% 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.
How many miles Cove Neck commutes
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.
How Cove Neck compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cove Neck workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cove Neck | – | — | — | 34 min | $238,333 |
| Oyster Bay Cove | under 1% | A | A− | 42 min | $250,000+ |
| Laurel Hollow | under 1% | A+ | B+ | 45 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cove Neck’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 Cove Neck: questions
What is the median household income in Cove Neck?
$238,333 (±$59,894) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cove Neck?
7.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cove Neck?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cove Neck work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (34%, 28 mi), Oyster Bay (23%, 6 mi), North Hempstead (12%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cove Neck without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cove Neck, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cove Neck
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.