Photo: LINYperson615 · CC BY-SA 4.0New York City draws about half of Herricks’ working residents
There are 2,246 jobs in Herricks, against 2,046 working residents. Only 4% work in Herricks; the top destination outside it is New York City (49%, 16 miles). Commuters spend 40 minutes getting to work on average, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Herricks at work: what stands out
Herricks trades workers with the towns around it
Herricks has about as many jobs (2,246) as working residents (2,046), but they are mostly different people: 1,961 residents leave for work each day while 2,161 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Herricks are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly half of Herricks works in New York City
1,007 working residents, 49%, have their main job in New York City, 16 miles away. That’s 12 times as many as work in Herricks itself. The commute map ↓
Herricks workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Herricks
71% of Herricks residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 52% of the jobs based in Herricks pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
In and out of Herricks on a workday
On a workday 1,961 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 2,161 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Herricks work
Where Herricks clocks in
49% 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.
About 40 minutes to work from Herricks
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Herricks workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,391 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.
The kinds of work in Herricks
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Herricks, 2013 → 2023: 2,069 → 2,246. 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 Herricks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Herricks goes to work
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.
Next door to Herricks
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Herricks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herricks | – | — | — | 40 min | $135,208 |
| Williston Park | under 1% | A | A+ | 39 min | $156,382 |
| Manhasset Hills | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Searingtown | under 1% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Garden City Park | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Albertson | under 1% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Manhasset Hills, Searingtown, Garden City Park and Albertson: 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 Herricks’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 Herricks: questions
What is the median household income in Herricks?
$135,208 (±$21,959) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Herricks?
5.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Herricks?
40 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 Herricks work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around Herricks without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Herricks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Herricks
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.