Photo: AdmOxalate · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Laurel Hollow are among the highest of any U.S. town
The two grades for Laurel Hollow are A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Poverty touches 3.5% of residents, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Laurel Hollow apart
36% of Laurel Hollow works in New York City
291 working residents, 36%, have their main job in New York City, 28 miles away. That’s 18 times as many as work in Laurel Hollow itself. The commute map ↓
Laurel Hollow workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (34 to 42 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
76% of Laurel Hollow’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 83% of the jobs based in Laurel Hollow. 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; with 803 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Laurel Hollow
On income, poverty and job access, Laurel Hollow is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Laurel Hollow’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Laurel Hollow’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The Census reports Laurel Hollow’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Laurel Hollow stays A+.
36% of working residents work in New York City
Where Laurel Hollow clocks in
36% of workers
20% 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 45 minutes to work from Laurel Hollow
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laurel Hollow workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 671 commuters (the 25% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Laurel Hollow
875 jobs are based in Laurel Hollow.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laurel Hollow, 2014 → 2024: 142 → 875. 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 Laurel Hollow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Laurel Hollow, and who commutes in
On a workday 787 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 859 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 (1.09 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.
How far it is to work from Laurel Hollow
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.
Laurel Hollow is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Laurel Hollow is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 21.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 893 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.3% of Laurel Hollow households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 20% of Laurel Hollow’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Laurel Hollow is 13th of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Sully Square VA | 2,394 | $176K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 12 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 13 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 2% | A+ |
| 14 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 15 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Laurel Hollow, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 26% of Laurel Hollow
The biggest share goes to Oyster Bay (20%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Laurel Hollow workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Hollow | – | A+ | B+ | 45 min | $250,000+ |
| Oyster Bay Cove | under 1% | A | A− | 42 min | $250,000+ |
| Woodbury | under 1% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Cold Spring Harbor | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Oyster Bay | 20% | A | A+ | 35 min | $160,126 |
| Huntington | 6% | A | A | 35 min | $168,029 |
| Syosset | under 1% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Cove Neck | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodbury, Cold Spring Harbor and Syosset: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Cove Neck: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Laurel Hollow’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Laurel Hollow: questions
What is the median household income in Laurel Hollow?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laurel Hollow?
3.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laurel Hollow?
45 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laurel Hollow work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (36%, 28 mi), Oyster Bay (20%, 4 mi), North Hempstead (12%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Laurel Hollow walkable?
Laurel Hollow is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 22% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Laurel Hollow without a car?
20% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laurel Hollow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laurel Hollow
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.