Photo: LINYperson615 · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in New Cassel
For 3% of workers, the job is at home; New York has 15%. Only 6% work in New Cassel; the top destination outside it is New York City (32%, 21 miles). The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average (New York 33, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in New Cassel: the figures worth knowing
New Cassel and New York City trade workers both ways
New York City is the top workplace for New Cassel residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in New Cassel come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from New Cassel are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker, and quicker than any town next door (29 to 41 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Few New Cassel workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
New Cassel has added jobs fast
Jobs based in New Cassel went from 6,833 in 2014 to 9,846 in 2024, +44%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where the trip to work from New Cassel ends
Where New Cassel clocks in
32% of workers
15% 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 24 minutes to work from New Cassel
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Cassel workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,277 commuters (the 3% 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.
Goods, not services: 28% of the jobs in New Cassel
9,846 jobs are based in New Cassel.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Cassel, 2014 → 2024: 6,833 → 9,846. 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 New Cassel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in New Cassel: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 7,651 residents head out to work, 446 work right here, and 9,400 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in New Cassel on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 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.
Miles to work from New Cassel
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.
Work next door: 30% of New Cassel’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Cassel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cassel | – | — | — | 24 min | $155,443 |
| Westbury | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 29 min | $145,185 |
| Oyster Bay | 15% | A | A+ | 35 min | $160,126 |
| Salisbury | under 1% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Hicksville | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Jericho | under 1% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Old Westbury | under 1% | A | A− | 34 min | $250,000+ |
| Hempstead | 15% | A | A+ | 37 min | $141,243 |
Same-state neighbors only. Salisbury, Hicksville and Jericho: 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 Oyster Bay. Darker towns draw more of New Cassel’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 New Cassel: questions
What is the median household income in New Cassel?
$155,443 (±$21,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Cassel?
7.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Cassel?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Cassel work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (32%, 21 mi), North Hempstead (17%, 7 mi), Oyster Bay (15%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around New Cassel without a car?
13% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Cassel, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Cassel
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.