Household incomes in Old Brookville are among the highest of any U.S. town
Below the poverty line: 1.1% of residents; New York has 14.0%. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. The two grades for Old Brookville are A+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Old Brookville apart on work
Old Brookville and New York City trade workers both ways
New York City is the top workplace for Old Brookville residents (40%) and also where the most people who work in Old Brookville come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
76% of Old Brookville’s 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 75% of the jobs based in Old Brookville. The jobs ↓
A lot of Old Brookville works from home
27% of Old Brookville workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
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; with 810 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Old Brookville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Old Brookville is among the top U.S. towns. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Old Brookville’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
The Census reports Old Brookville’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Old Brookville stays A+.
40% of working residents work in New York City
Where Old Brookville clocks in
40% of workers
16% 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.
Old Brookville works in goods: 33% of its jobs
720 jobs are based in Old Brookville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Old Brookville, 2014 → 2024: 1,060 → 720. 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 Old Brookville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Old Brookville: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Old Brookville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 787 commuters (the 27% 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 daily flow of workers through Old Brookville
On a workday 801 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 711 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 (0.89 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Old Brookville
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.
Old Brookville is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 22.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,073 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 14.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% 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). 1.0% of Old Brookville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 15% of Old Brookville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800, Old Brookville ranks 9th of 5,148 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| 10 | Sully Square VA | 2,394 | $176K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 11 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 12 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 13 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Nissequogue NY | 1,638 | $173K | 4.1% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Old Brookville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Old Brookville compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Old Brookville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Brookville | – | A+ | A− | 40 min | $250,000+ |
| Glen Head | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Upper Brookville | under 1% | A | A− | 39 min | $250,000+ |
| Greenvale | under 1% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Glenwood Landing | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Matinecock | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Roslyn Harbor | under 1% | A | A+ | 33 min | $250,000+ |
| Brookville | under 1% | A− | A | 26 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Glen Head, Greenvale and Glenwood Landing: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Matinecock: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Old Brookville’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- 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 Brookville: questions
What is the median household income in Old Brookville?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Old Brookville?
1.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Old Brookville?
40 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Old Brookville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (40%, 21 mi), Oyster Bay (16%, 6 mi), North Hempstead (14%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Old Brookville walkable?
Old Brookville is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 22% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Old Brookville without a car?
15% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Old Brookville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Old Brookville
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.