Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in North Hills earn more than those in 97% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 3.0%, against 14.0% across New York. Jobs and income earn North Hills A+; getting around on foot earns it A. Only 3% work in North Hills; the top destination outside it is New York City (58%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: North Hills in brief
North Hills trades workers with the towns around it
North Hills has about as many jobs (2,084) as working residents (2,392), but they are mostly different people: 2,317 residents leave for work each day while 2,009 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in North Hills are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
More than half of North Hills works in New York City
1,392 working residents, 58%, have their main job in New York City, 16 miles away. That’s 19 times as many as work in North Hills itself. The commute map ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
76% of North Hills’ 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 74% of the jobs based in North Hills. The jobs ↓
North Hills’ workforce skews older
38% of North Hills’ working residents are 55 or older. 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.
The figures behind North Hills’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, North Hills is among the top U.S. towns, #6 of 758 in New York. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides North Hills’ grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, North Hills could be anywhere from A to A+.
How many people are in North Hills by day
On a workday 2,317 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 2,009 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 (0.87 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.
Where North Hills’ working residents head each day
Where North Hills clocks in
58% of workers
7% 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.
In North Hills, services account for most jobs
2,084 jobs are based in North Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Hills, 2014 → 2024: 2,076 → 2,084. 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 North Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Hills workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,809 commuters (the 18% 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.
North Hills’ commute, mile by mile
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.
North Hills is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 23.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 9.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,197 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, <1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 32.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 9.0% of North Hills households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 22% of North Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
24th of 3,612: where North Hills ranks among U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 17 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| 23 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 24 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 25 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 26 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,612 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 North Hills, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to North Hills
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hills | – | A+ | A | 37 min | $173,315 |
| Manhasset | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Searingtown | under 1% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Manhasset Hills | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Lake Success | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 33 min | $244,079 |
| Roslyn Estates | under 1% | A | A+ | 43 min | $250,000+ |
| Roslyn Heights | under 1% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Manhasset, Searingtown, Manhasset Hills and Roslyn Heights: 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 North Hills’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 North Hills: questions
What is the median household income in North Hills?
$173,315 (±$23,864) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Hills?
3.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Hills?
37 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 North Hills work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (58%, 16 mi), North Hempstead (16%, 2 mi), Hempstead (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is North Hills walkable?
North Hills is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 23% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Hills without a car?
22% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. <1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Hills
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.