Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Holtsville, NY
Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers (New York 15%). At 33 minutes each way, commutes from Holtsville run about the New York average. Employers in Holtsville report 10,094 jobs; 9,420 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Holtsville, in a few figures
Holtsville trades workers with the towns around it
Holtsville has about as many jobs (10,094) as working residents (9,420), but they are mostly different people: 8,834 residents leave for work each day while 9,508 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Holtsville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Holtsville and Brookhaven trade workers both ways
Brookhaven is the top workplace for Holtsville residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Holtsville come from (50% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Holtsville pay over $40,000 a year
79% of the jobs based in Holtsville pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
Who leaves Holtsville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 8,834 residents head out to work, 586 work right here, and 9,508 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 2024, primary jobs.
27% of working residents work in Brookhaven
Where Holtsville clocks in
27% of workers
19% of workers
17% 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.
79% of the jobs in Holtsville pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holtsville, 2014 → 2024: 8,952 → 10,094. 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 Holtsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Holtsville: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holtsville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,606 commuters (the 9% 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 Holtsville’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.
27% of Holtsville works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holtsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holtsville | – | — | — | 33 min | $133,679 |
| North Patchogue | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Holbrook | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Farmingville | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Medford | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Centereach | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Brookhaven | 27% | A− | A− | 32 min | $120,110 |
Same-state neighbors only. North Patchogue, Holbrook, Farmingville, Medford and Centereach: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Brookhaven. Darker towns draw more of Holtsville’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 Holtsville: questions
What is the median household income in Holtsville?
$133,679 (±$15,146) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holtsville?
4.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holtsville?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holtsville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (27%, 5 mi), Islip (19%, 10 mi), New York City (17%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Holtsville without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holtsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holtsville
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.