Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0Earning a living in Hicksville
The trip to work takes 34 minutes on average (New York 33, U.S. 26). Only 8% work in Hicksville; the top destination outside it is New York City (34%, 23 miles). Employers in Hicksville report 22,896 jobs; 21,471 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hicksville: the figures worth knowing
Hicksville trades workers with the towns around it
Hicksville has about as many jobs (22,896) as working residents (21,471), but they are mostly different people: 19,799 residents leave for work each day while 21,224 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Hicksville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Hicksville and New York City trade workers both ways
New York City is the top workplace for Hicksville residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Hicksville 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 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 Hicksville on a workday
On a workday 19,799 residents head out to work, 1,672 work right here, and 21,224 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 (1.07 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.
The towns that employ Hicksville’s residents
Where Hicksville clocks in
34% of workers
20% of workers
13% 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.
The kinds of work in Hicksville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hicksville, 2013 → 2023: 22,879 → 22,896. 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 Hicksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hicksville: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hicksville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17,867 commuters (the 16% 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 many miles Hicksville commutes
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.
23% of Hicksville works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Hempstead (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hicksville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hicksville | – | — | — | 34 min | $144,471 |
| Hempstead | 13% | A | A+ | 37 min | $141,243 |
| Jericho | under 1% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Levittown | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Salisbury | under 1% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Bethpage | under 1% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Syosset | under 1% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| New Cassel | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| North Hempstead | 10% | A | A+ | 36 min | $158,158 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jericho, Levittown, Salisbury, Bethpage, Syosset and New Cassel: 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 Hicksville’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 Hicksville: questions
What is the median household income in Hicksville?
$144,471 (±$11,209) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hicksville?
3.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hicksville?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hicksville work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (34%, 23 mi), Oyster Bay (20%, 3 mi), Hempstead (13%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hicksville without a car?
14% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hicksville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hicksville
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.