Photo: Felton Davis · CC BY 2.0Household incomes in Glen Cove top those of 70% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City. 13.5% of residents live below the poverty line, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. Glen Cove grades B+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Glen Cove, in a few figures
Glen Cove and New York City trade workers both ways
New York City is the top workplace for Glen Cove residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Glen Cove come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The quickest commute around
Glen Cove’s 29-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 33 to 47 minutes. Next door ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Glen Cove’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Glen Cove is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #268 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Glen Cove’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Glen Cove could be anywhere from B− to A.
32% of working residents work in New York City
Where Glen Cove clocks in
32% of workers
14% 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.
Who leaves Glen Cove for work, and who comes in
On a workday 11,469 residents head out to work, 1,663 work right here, and 6,949 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Glen Cove on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.66 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 2024, primary jobs.
What Glen Cove’s employers do
8,612 jobs are based in Glen Cove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Cove, 2014 → 2024: 8,595 → 8,612. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glen Cove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glen Cove workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,282 commuters (the 11% 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 far Glen Cove’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Glen Cove
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glen Cove is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #110 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Glen Cove 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 13,780 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 53% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 25% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% 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). 9.7% of Glen Cove households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Glen Cove’s commuters take a bus or train.
Glen Cove next to U.S. towns of 20,000 to 38,000: 692nd of 1,409 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Eastchester NY | 34,015 | $156K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Clifton Park NY | 37,775 | $133K | 2.3% | 2.0% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 690 | Citrus Park FL | 28,804 | $93K | 10.3% | 4.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 691 | Lynn Haven FL | 22,479 | $81K | 6.5% | 3.4% | 11% | B+ |
| 692 | Glen Cove NY | 28,190 | $92K | 13.5% | 4.4% | 13% | B+ |
| 693 | Grant Township IL | 28,636 | $96K | 10.1% | 4.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 694 | Florence KY | 34,018 | $71K | 9.5% | 3.1% | 17% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,409 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 16% | 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 Glen Cove, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
29% of Glen Cove works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to North Hempstead (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glen Cove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Cove | – | B+ | A+ | 29 min | $92,064 |
| Oyster Bay | 14% | A | A+ | 35 min | $160,126 |
| Sea Cliff | under 2% | A | A+ | 36 min | $193,590 |
| Glen Head | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Lattingtown | under 2% | A | A− | 47 min | $250,000+ |
| Matinecock | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Locust Valley | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| North Hempstead | 15% | A | A+ | 36 min | $158,158 |
Same-state neighbors only. Glen Head and Locust Valley: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Matinecock: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glen Cove’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 2024, 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 Glen Cove: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Cove?
$92,064 (±$11,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Cove?
13.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Cove?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Cove work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (32%, 22 mi), North Hempstead (15%, 6 mi), Oyster Bay (14%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Glen Cove walkable?
Glen Cove is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glen Cove without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 25% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Cove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Cove
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.