Photo: LINYperson615 · CC BY-SA 4.0Plandome’s household incomes are among the highest in the country
Plandome grades A+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Below the poverty line: 0.9% of residents, next to 14.0% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Plandome at work: what stands out
More than half of Plandome works in New York City
319 working residents, 57%, have their main job in New York City, 16 miles away. That’s 57 times as many as work in Plandome itself. The commute map ↓
Plandome workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Plandome
31% of Plandome 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 559 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Plandome’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Plandome is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Plandome’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Plandome’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The Census reports Plandome’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 and poverty, Plandome stays A+.
57% of working residents work in New York City
Where Plandome clocks in
57% 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.
The daily trip from Plandome: about 45 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plandome workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 484 commuters (the 31% 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.
Who commutes out of Plandome, and who commutes in
On a workday 553 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Plandome on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.31 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.
67% of the jobs in Plandome pay over $3,333 a month
172 jobs are based in Plandome.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plandome, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 172. 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 Plandome’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Plandome commutes
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.
Plandome is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Plandome is among the most walkable U.S. towns. Both inputs place Plandome 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 702 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 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% 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). 7.8% of Plandome households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 62% of Plandome’s commuters take a bus or train.
6th of 6,308: where Plandome ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 6 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 7 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| 8 | Columbine Valley CO | 1,684 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 12 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Plandome
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Plandome workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plandome | – | A+ | A+ | 45 min | $250,000+ |
| Plandome Manor | under 1% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Plandome Heights | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 44 min | $250,000+ |
| Flower Hill | under 1% | A | A+ | 44 min | $250,000+ |
| Manhasset | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Plandome Manor: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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’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.
- 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: questions
What is the median household income in Plandome?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plandome?
0.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plandome?
45 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plandome work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (57%, 16 mi), North Hempstead (16%, 1 mi), Hempstead (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Plandome walkable?
Plandome is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.3 out of 20, and 66% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Plandome without a car?
62% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plandome, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plandome
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.