Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Harbor Isle works elsewhere
Harbor Isle has 42 jobs; 704 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Harbor Isle itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (37%, 15 miles). For 23% of workers, the job is at home, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Harbor Isle stands out on work
Harbor Isle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 56 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 429 hours of commuting, 176 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Harbor Isle is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Harbor Isle, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Harbor Isle has about 510 people in it, 56% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Harbor Isle and New York City trade workers both ways
New York City is the top workplace for Harbor Isle residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Harbor Isle come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; with 704 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily trip from Harbor Isle: about 56 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harbor Isle workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 454 commuters (the 23% 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 a workday changes Harbor Isle
On a workday 702 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Harbor Isle on a workday afternoon, 56% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Harbor Isle commutes to
Where Harbor Isle clocks in
37% of workers
31% 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.
A place that makes things: 55% of Harbor Isle’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harbor Isle, 2014 → 2024: 52 → 42. 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 Harbor Isle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Harbor Isle works
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.
Harbor Isle and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harbor Isle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Isle | – | — | — | 56 min | $129,525 |
| Island Park | under 1% | B+ | A+ | 36 min | $104,926 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harbor Isle’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 Harbor Isle: questions
What is the median household income in Harbor Isle?
$129,525 (±$65,438) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harbor Isle?
0.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harbor Isle?
56 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harbor Isle work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (37%, 15 mi), Hempstead (31%, 4 mi), North Hempstead (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Harbor Isle without a car?
28% 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 Harbor Isle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harbor Isle
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.