Photo: Tyler A. McNeil · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Nassau commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 104 jobs in Nassau; 539 of its residents have a job. Nassau grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 2% work in Nassau itself; outside it, Albany draws the most (22%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Nassau: the figures worth knowing
Nassau is a place people come home to
There are 104 jobs based in Nassau, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Nassau has about 640 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Nassau are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York 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 539 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Nassau’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Nassau is better than 79% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($84,781, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (7.8%) is left out: Nassau’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, Nassau could be anywhere from B− to A.
In and out of Nassau on a workday
On a workday 526 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Nassau on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Nassau
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nassau workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 436 commuters (the 19% 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.
The towns that employ Nassau’s residents
Where Nassau clocks in
22% of workers
14% of workers
10% 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.
Nassau is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nassau, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 104. 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 Nassau’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Nassau, by distance
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Driving is how Nassau gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nassau is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Nassau near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 535 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). 6.2% of Nassau households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Nassau’s commuters take a bus or train.
Nassau is 372nd of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 370 | Merrimac WI | 1,296 | $109K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| 371 | Calamus WI | 1,035 | $108K | 3.6% | 1.9% | <1% | A− |
| 372 | Nassau NY | 1,077 | $85K | 4.6% | 7.8% | 2% | A− |
| 373 | Walnut Creek OH | 1,053 | $81K | 1.3% | 32.5% | 4% | A− |
| 374 | Pemberville OH | 1,334 | $88K | 5.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Nassau, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Nassau compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Schodack (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nassau workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nassau | – | A− | B+ | 27 min | $84,781 |
| Schodack | 7% | A− | C− | 25 min | $108,074 |
| Nassau Lake | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nassau Lake: 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 Nassau’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 Nassau: questions
What is the median household income in Nassau?
$84,781 (±$21,402) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nassau?
4.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nassau?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nassau work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (22%, 14 mi), Colonie (14%, 18 mi), East Greenbush (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nassau walkable?
Nassau is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nassau without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nassau, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nassau
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.