Photo: LINYperson615 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes put Roslyn Harbor near the very top of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 9.9%, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. Measured by household income, Roslyn Harbor is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Roslyn Harbor grades 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
Roslyn Harbor at work: what stands out
Where Roslyn Harbor’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Roslyn Harbor is better than 94% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Roslyn Harbor’s grade up ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (7.0%) is left out: Roslyn Harbor’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The Census reports Roslyn Harbor’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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Roslyn Harbor could be anywhere from A− to A+.
47% of working residents work in New York City
Where Roslyn Harbor clocks in
47% of workers
11% 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 Roslyn Harbor
On a workday 483 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Roslyn Harbor on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.57 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
277 jobs are based in Roslyn Harbor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roslyn Harbor, 2014 → 2024: 189 → 277. 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 Roslyn Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Roslyn Harbor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roslyn Harbor workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 392 commuters (the 18% 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 Roslyn Harbor, 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.
Roslyn Harbor is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 476 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 23.2 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). 0.9% of Roslyn Harbor households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Roslyn Harbor’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Roslyn Harbor is 110th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | <1% | A |
| 109 | Spencerville MD | 1,028 | $190K | 8.7% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| 110 | Roslyn Harbor NY | 1,113 | $250K | 9.9% | 7.0% | 0% | A |
| 111 | Winterville GA | 1,203 | $111K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A |
| 112 | Trabuco Canyon CA | 1,326 | $229K | 7.2% | 0.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Roslyn Harbor, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
29% of Roslyn Harbor works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to North Hempstead (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roslyn Harbor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roslyn Harbor | – | A | A+ | 33 min | $250,000+ |
| Roslyn | under 1% | A | A+ | 30 min | $116,386 |
| Glenwood Landing | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Greenvale | under 1% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| North Hempstead | 19% | A | A+ | 36 min | $158,158 |
| Oyster Bay | 10% | A | A+ | 35 min | $160,126 |
| Old Brookville | under 1% | A+ | A− | 40 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Glenwood Landing and Greenvale: 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 Harbor’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 Roslyn Harbor: questions
What is the median household income in Roslyn Harbor?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roslyn Harbor?
9.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roslyn Harbor?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roslyn Harbor work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (47%, 19 mi), North Hempstead (19%, 2 mi), Hempstead (11%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Roslyn Harbor walkable?
Roslyn Harbor is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.4 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roslyn Harbor without a car?
8% 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 Harbor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roslyn Harbor
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.