Photo: Polygarlic · CC BY-SA 4.0Dix Hills has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 37 minutes on average, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S. 6,879 jobs are based in Dix Hills, against 12,364 working residents. Only 6% work in Dix Hills itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (27%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Dix Hills in brief
Miles to work from Dix Hills
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.
Who works in Dix Hills, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 11,633 residents head out to work, 731 work right here, and 6,148 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19,000 people are in Dix Hills 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.
Out of Dix Hills to work: where people go
Where Dix Hills clocks in
27% of workers
16% of workers
9% 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.
Dix Hills is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dix Hills, 2013 → 2023: 7,599 → 6,879. 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 Dix Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dix Hills’ commute takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dix Hills workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,101 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.
12% of Dix Hills works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Babylon (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dix Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Hills | – | — | — | 37 min | $227,944 |
| Melville | under 1% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Babylon | 7% | A | A | 31 min | $128,108 |
| Commack | under 1% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Elwood | under 1% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Deer Park | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| South Huntington | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Smithtown | 5% | A | A− | 32 min | $152,636 |
| Wheatley Heights | under 1% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Brentwood | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Melville, Commack, Elwood, Deer Park, South Huntington, Wheatley Heights and Brentwood: 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 Dix Hills’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 Dix Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Dix Hills?
$227,944 (±$25,268) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dix Hills?
3.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dix Hills?
37 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 Dix Hills work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (27%, 33 mi), Huntington (16%, 6 mi), Oyster Bay (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dix Hills without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dix Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dix Hills
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.