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Measured by household income, Plandome Heights is among the highest-earning towns in the country. 3.8% of residents live below the poverty line; New York has 14.0%. For jobs and income Plandome Heights is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is among the most walkable U.S. towns (A+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Plandome Heights at work: what stands out
More than half of Plandome Heights works in New York City
230 working residents, 56%, have their main job in New York City, 16 miles away. That’s 56 times as many as work in Plandome Heights itself. The commute map ↓
Plandome Heights workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 412 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Plandome Heights’ Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Plandome Heights is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Plandome Heights’ grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (6.0%) is left out: Plandome Heights’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The Census reports Plandome Heights’ 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 and poverty, Plandome Heights stays A+.
56% of working residents work in New York City
Where Plandome Heights clocks in
56% of workers
6% 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.
A commute of about 44 minutes in Plandome Heights
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plandome Heights workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 404 commuters (the 20% 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.
In and out of Plandome Heights on a workday
On a workday 409 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Plandome Heights on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.34 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 2024, primary jobs.
What work there is in Plandome Heights: 140 jobs
140 jobs are based in Plandome Heights.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plandome Heights, 2014 → 2024: 46 → 140. 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 Plandome Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Plandome Heights, by distance
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.
In Plandome Heights, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Plandome Heights is among the most walkable U.S. towns. Both inputs place Plandome Heights near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 508 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all 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 Plandome Heights households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 26% of Plandome Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Plandome Heights ranks 10th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| 9 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 10 | Plandome Heights NY | 1,019 | $250K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 12 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Plandome Heights, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Around Plandome Heights: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Plandome Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plandome Heights | – | A+ | A+ | 44 min | $250,000+ |
| Manhasset | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Plandome | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 45 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Manhasset: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Plandome Heights’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 Plandome Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Plandome Heights?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plandome Heights?
3.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plandome Heights?
44 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plandome Heights work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (56%, 16 mi), North Hempstead (17%, 1 mi), Hempstead (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Plandome Heights walkable?
Plandome Heights is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.8 out of 20, and 27% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Plandome Heights without a car?
26% 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 Plandome Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plandome Heights
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.