Households in New Hempstead earn more than those in 90% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in New Hempstead; the top destination outside it is Ramapo (36%, 3 miles). Poverty touches 12.2% of residents; New York has 14.0%. New Hempstead grades B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from New Hempstead, in brief
The figures behind New Hempstead’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Hempstead is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #246 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds New Hempstead’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Hempstead could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Where people from New Hempstead work
Where New Hempstead clocks in
36% of workers
20% of workers
8% 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.
How a workday changes New Hempstead
On a workday 1,928 residents head out to work, 78 work right here, and 1,105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in New Hempstead on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
The kinds of work in New Hempstead
1,183 jobs are based in New Hempstead.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Hempstead, 2013 → 2023: 1,056 → 1,183. 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 New Hempstead’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long New Hempstead spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Hempstead workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,987 commuters (the 11% 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.
Half of New Hempstead commutes less than 8 miles
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.
New Hempstead is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Hempstead is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #399 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,230 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). 0.0% of New Hempstead households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of New Hempstead’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, New Hempstead is 1,130th among 3,428 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,128 | Chesterland OH | 7,086 | $108K | 9.8% | 4.8% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,129 | Willard MO | 6,904 | $85K | 9.7% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,130 | New Hempstead NY | 5,657 | $126K | 12.2% | 5.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,131 | Rib Mountain WI | 7,280 | $94K | 3.6% | 5.4% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,132 | Waipio Acres HI | 5,332 | $95K | 6.6% | 5.1% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,428 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 New Hempstead, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around New Hempstead
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Hempstead workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hempstead | – | B+ | B | 29 min | $126,165 |
| Hillcrest | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Wesley Hills | under 1% | A+ | A− | 31 min | $209,345 |
| Viola | under 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Monsey | under 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| New Square | under 1% | C− | A | 13 min | $31,443 |
| Spring Valley | under 1% | C+ | A+ | 24 min | $57,196 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hillcrest, Viola and Monsey: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Hempstead’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 New Hempstead: questions
What is the median household income in New Hempstead?
$126,165 (±$16,746) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Hempstead?
12.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Hempstead?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Hempstead work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ramapo (36%, 3 mi), New York City (20%, 34 mi), Clarkstown (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Hempstead walkable?
New Hempstead is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Hempstead without a car?
3% 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 New Hempstead, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Hempstead
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.