Photo: Jack Lewis · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Mill Neck earn more than those in 98% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 5.7% of residents, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. Mill Neck grades A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 2% work in Mill Neck itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (36%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mill Neck at work: what stands out
36% of Mill Neck works in New York City
153 working residents, 36%, have their main job in New York City, 25 miles away. That’s 18 times as many as work in Mill Neck itself. The commute map ↓
Mill Neck workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 422 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Mill Neck gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Mill Neck is among the top U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($196,359, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: Mill Neck’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mill Neck could be anywhere from A to A+.
The places Mill Neck commutes to
Where Mill Neck clocks in
36% of workers
22% 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.
Each way, about 38 minutes from Mill Neck
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mill Neck workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 415 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.
Who leaves Mill Neck for work, and who comes in
On a workday 415 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Mill Neck on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
70% of the jobs in Mill Neck pay over $3,333 a month
292 jobs are based in Mill Neck.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mill Neck, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 292. 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 Mill Neck’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Mill Neck
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.
In Mill Neck, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mill Neck is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 494 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% 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). 0.5% of Mill Neck households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 11% of Mill Neck’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Mill Neck is 33rd among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Pittsford NY | 1,323 | $119K | 1.9% | 3.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 32 | Weston TX | 1,140 | $144K | 2.8% | 0.7% | 0% | A+ |
| 33 | Mill Neck NY | 1,010 | $196K | 5.7% | 6.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Mill Neck, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Mill Neck compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mill Neck workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Neck | – | A+ | B+ | 38 min | $196,359 |
| Locust Valley | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Matinecock | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Lattingtown | under 2% | A | A− | 47 min | $250,000+ |
| Upper Brookville | under 2% | A | A− | 39 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Locust Valley: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Matinecock: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mill Neck’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 Mill Neck: questions
What is the median household income in Mill Neck?
$196,359 (±$30,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mill Neck?
5.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mill Neck?
38 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 Mill Neck work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (36%, 25 mi), Oyster Bay (22%, 6 mi), Hempstead (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mill Neck walkable?
Mill Neck is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mill Neck without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mill Neck, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mill Neck
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. 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.