Photo: Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0Sea Cliff’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 0.9% of residents, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. Sea Cliff grades A for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 7.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 79.0 in New York City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Sea Cliff stands out on work
A lot of Sea Cliff works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Sea Cliff: Oyster Bay (17%), North Hempstead (16%) and Glen Cove (4%). Next door ↓
A lot of Sea Cliff works from home
28% of Sea Cliff workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Sea Cliff is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 10% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Sea Cliff: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sea Cliff is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #111 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Sea Cliff’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (13.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sea Cliff could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Sea Cliff’s commute takes about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sea Cliff workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,673 commuters (the 28% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Sea Cliff
1,743 jobs are based in Sea Cliff.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sea Cliff, 2014 → 2024: 1,642 → 1,743. 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 Sea Cliff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Sea Cliff: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,009 residents head out to work, 166 work right here, and 1,577 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 (0.80 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.
33% of working residents work in New York City
Where Sea Cliff clocks in
33% of workers
17% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sea Cliff
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Sea Cliff
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sea Cliff is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #38 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Sea Cliff 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 2,311 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, 38% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 2.1% of Sea Cliff households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 14% of Sea Cliff’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Sea Cliff is 592nd among 3,758 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 22 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 590 | Steele Creek AK | 5,928 | $121K | 3.3% | 0.5% | — | A |
| 591 | Brielle NJ | 4,959 | $172K | 1.3% | 6.6% | 5% | A |
| 592 | Sea Cliff NY | 5,031 | $194K | 0.9% | 13.5% | 8% | A |
| 593 | Mackinaw Township IL | 4,231 | $103K | 6.9% | 1.2% | 11% | A |
| 594 | Liverpool Township OH | 5,905 | $128K | 5.0% | 4.2% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Sea Cliff, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Sea Cliff and its neighbors: 37% work next door
The biggest share goes to Oyster Bay (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sea Cliff workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Cliff | – | A | A+ | 36 min | $193,590 |
| Oyster Bay | 17% | A | A+ | 35 min | $160,126 |
| Glen Cove | 4% | B+ | A+ | 29 min | $92,064 |
| Glen Head | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Glenwood Landing | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| North Hempstead | 16% | A | A+ | 36 min | $158,158 |
| Port Washington | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Glen Head, Glenwood Landing and Port Washington: 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 Sea Cliff’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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sea Cliff: questions
What is the median household income in Sea Cliff?
$193,590 (±$32,271) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sea Cliff?
0.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sea Cliff?
36 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sea Cliff work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (33%, 20 mi), Oyster Bay (17%, 8 mi), North Hempstead (16%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sea Cliff walkable?
Sea Cliff is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.9 out of 20, and 18% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sea Cliff without a car?
14% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 38% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sea Cliff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sea Cliff
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.