Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means New York City for about half of Lakeview’s working residents
Working residents average 49 minutes each way, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. Home is the office for 6% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole. Only 1% work in Lakeview itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (50%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lakeview
Lakeview workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 49 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 376 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (33 to 37 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Lakeview than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Lakeview fell from 2,156 in 2013 to 755 in 2023, −65%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
More than half of Lakeview works in New York City
1,564 working residents, 50%, have their main job in New York City, 15 miles away. That’s 50 times as many as work in Lakeview itself. The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Lakeview pay over $40,000 a year
81% of the jobs based in Lakeview pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Lakeview is a place people come home to
There are 755 jobs based in Lakeview, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lakeview has about 3,400 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
From Lakeview, about 49 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeview workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,939 commuters (the 6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
755 jobs are based in Lakeview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeview, 2013 → 2023: 2,156 → 755. 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 Lakeview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Lakeview commutes to
Where Lakeview clocks in
50% of workers
25% 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 works in Lakeview, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,108 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 722 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Lakeview on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.24 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 2023, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lakeview
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 Lakeview
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lakeview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | – | — | — | 49 min | $118,777 |
| Rockville Centre | under 1% | A | A+ | 37 min | $151,938 |
| Malverne | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 33 min | $149,489 |
| West Hempstead | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Lynbrook | under 1% | A | A+ | 35 min | $136,696 |
Same-state neighbors only. West Hempstead: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lakeview’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 Lakeview: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeview?
$118,777 (±$19,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeview?
14.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeview?
49 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeview work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Lakeview without a car?
18% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeview
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.