Photo: Sullynyflhi · Public domainOld Bethpage has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 3% work in Old Bethpage; the top destination outside it is New York City (33%, 26 miles). There are 1,494 jobs in Old Bethpage, against 2,892 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 22% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Old Bethpage: the gist
Where people from Old Bethpage work
Where Old Bethpage clocks in
33% of workers
19% of workers
12% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Old Bethpage
On a workday 2,813 residents head out to work, 79 work right here, and 1,415 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Old Bethpage on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
What Old Bethpage’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Old Bethpage, 2013 → 2023: 1,437 → 1,494. 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 Old Bethpage’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Old Bethpage
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Old Bethpage workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,386 commuters (the 22% 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 commute from Old Bethpage, by distance
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.
Old Bethpage and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Huntington (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Old Bethpage workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Bethpage | – | — | — | 33 min | $195,202 |
| Bethpage | under 1% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Farmingdale | under 1% | A | A+ | 31 min | $122,980 |
| Plainview | under 1% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Melville | under 1% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Huntington | 7% | A | A | 35 min | $168,029 |
| Babylon | 5% | A | A | 31 min | $128,108 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bethpage, Plainview and Melville: 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 Old Bethpage’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 Old Bethpage: questions
What is the median household income in Old Bethpage?
$195,202 (±$47,683) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Old Bethpage?
2.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Old Bethpage?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Old Bethpage work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (33%, 26 mi), Oyster Bay (19%, 4 mi), Hempstead (12%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Old Bethpage without a car?
17% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Old Bethpage, from the people who make the trip.
More of Old Bethpage
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.