Photo: LINYperson615 · CC BY-SA 4.0Roslyn Estates ranks among the highest-earning U.S. towns by household income
Below the poverty line: 9.8% of residents, next to 14.0% across New York. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Jobs and income earn Roslyn Estates A; getting around on foot earns it A+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Roslyn Estates
More than half of Roslyn Estates works in New York City
302 working residents, 51%, have their main job in New York City, 17 miles away. That’s 51 times as many as work in Roslyn Estates itself. The commute map ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
77% of Roslyn Estates’ 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 Roslyn Estates. The jobs ↓
Roslyn Estates workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 77 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 598 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Roslyn Estates’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Roslyn Estates is better than 95% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Roslyn Estates’ grade up ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Roslyn Estates’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The Census reports Roslyn Estates’ 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Roslyn Estates could be anywhere from A to A+.
51% of working residents work in New York City
Where Roslyn Estates clocks in
51% of workers
10% 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.
Most jobs in Roslyn Estates are in services
555 jobs are based in Roslyn Estates.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roslyn Estates, 2013 → 2023: 450 → 555. 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 Roslyn Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Roslyn Estates: about 43 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roslyn Estates workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 553 commuters (the 15% 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.
A workday in Roslyn Estates: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 592 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 549 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 (0.93 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Roslyn Estates goes to work
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.
Roslyn Estates is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roslyn Estates is among the most walkable U.S. towns. Both inputs place Roslyn Estates 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 650 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 22.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% 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). 1.3% of Roslyn Estates households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 20% of Roslyn Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
158th of 5,400: where Roslyn Estates ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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% | 1% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Belleair Beach FL | 1,581 | $164K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| 157 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| 158 | Roslyn Estates NY | 1,333 | $250K | 9.8% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 159 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| 160 | Spencerville MD | 1,028 | $190K | 8.7% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Roslyn Estates, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Roslyn Estates
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roslyn Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roslyn Estates | – | A | A+ | 43 min | $250,000+ |
| North Hills | under 1% | A+ | A | 37 min | $173,315 |
| Roslyn | under 1% | A | A+ | 30 min | $116,386 |
| Flower Hill | under 1% | A | A+ | 44 min | $250,000+ |
| Roslyn Heights | under 1% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Manhasset | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Roslyn Heights and Manhasset: 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 Roslyn Estates’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 Roslyn Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Roslyn Estates?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roslyn Estates?
9.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roslyn Estates?
43 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roslyn Estates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (51%, 17 mi), North Hempstead (21%, 1 mi), Hempstead (10%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Roslyn Estates walkable?
Roslyn Estates is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 20% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roslyn Estates without a car?
20% 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 Roslyn Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roslyn Estates
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.