Photo: Ira Goldstein · CC BY-SA 3.0Freeport has higher household incomes than 88% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 7.4% of residents, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. Freeport grades A− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Freeport; the top destination outside it is Hempstead (38%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Freeport apart
Jobs & income in Freeport: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Freeport is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #185 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Freeport’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Freeport could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The places Freeport commutes to
Where Freeport clocks in
38% of workers
30% 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.
Freeport on a workday afternoon
On a workday 16,891 residents head out to work, 2,286 work right here, and 10,086 people come in from elsewhere.
About 37,000 people are in Freeport on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
What Freeport’s employers do
12,372 jobs are based in Freeport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Freeport, 2013 → 2023: 12,107 → 12,372. 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 Freeport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Freeport’s commute takes about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Freeport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20,253 commuters (the 10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Freeport
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.
Freeport is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Freeport is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #61 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Freeport near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 22,462 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 62% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 28.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.2% of Freeport households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 13% of Freeport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Freeport is 365th among 1,000 U.S. towns of 31,000 to 60,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Eastchester NY | 34,015 | $156K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Clifton Park NY | 37,775 | $133K | 2.3% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Valley Stream NY | 40,379 | $133K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 363 | Smyrna GA | 57,513 | $100K | 10.6% | 3.7% | 5% | A− |
| 364 | Weymouth Town MA | 59,759 | $103K | 7.7% | 4.9% | 10% | A− |
| 365 | Freeport NY | 44,174 | $121K | 7.4% | 6.4% | 12% | A− |
| 366 | Clayton NC | 32,633 | $79K | 5.9% | 2.8% | 6% | A− |
| 367 | Daphne AL | 31,396 | $87K | 7.2% | 2.3% | 14% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,000 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Freeport, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Freeport and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Freeport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeport | – | A− | A+ | 36 min | $120,625 |
| Merrick | under 1% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Baldwin | under 1% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Roosevelt | under 1% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Merrick, Baldwin and Roosevelt: 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 Freeport’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 Freeport: questions
What is the median household income in Freeport?
$120,625 (±$11,398) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Freeport?
7.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Freeport?
36 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Freeport work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hempstead (38%, 2 mi), New York City (30%, 19 mi), North Hempstead (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Freeport walkable?
Freeport is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.5 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Freeport without a car?
13% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 62% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Freeport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Freeport
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.