Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0For about half of its working residents, Woodmere is a commute to New York City
Employers in Woodmere report 3,315 jobs, against 6,869 working residents. Home is the office for 22% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole. Commuters spend 42 minutes getting to work on average; the New York average is 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Woodmere, in brief
Nearly half of Woodmere works in New York City
3,394 working residents, 49%, have their main job in New York City, 12 miles away across the town line. That’s 8 times as many as work in Woodmere itself. The commute map ↓
Woodmere workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 69 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.
Where the trip to work from Woodmere ends
Where Woodmere clocks in
49% of workers
28% 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.
Time on the road from Woodmere: about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodmere workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,846 commuters (the 22% 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 works in Woodmere, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 6,424 residents head out to work, 445 work right here, and 2,870 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Woodmere on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.48 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.
Most jobs in Woodmere are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodmere, 2013 → 2023: 2,923 → 3,315. 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 Woodmere’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Woodmere, by distance
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.
The towns next door employ 49% of Woodmere
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Woodmere workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodmere | – | — | — | 42 min | $172,537 |
| Cedarhurst | under 1% | A− | A+ | 34 min | $101,572 |
| New York | 49% | B− | A+ | 40 min | $80,483 |
| Hewlett | under 1% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Valley Stream | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 41 min | $133,190 |
| South Valley Stream | under 1% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Woodsburgh | under 1% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Inwood | under 1% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Hewlett Neck | under 1% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Lawrence | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 39 min | $170,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hewlett, South Valley Stream and Inwood: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Woodsburgh and Hewlett Neck: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New York. Darker towns draw more of Woodmere’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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Woodmere: questions
What is the median household income in Woodmere?
$172,537 (±$17,352) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodmere?
2.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodmere?
42 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodmere work?
6% work in town.
Can you get around Woodmere without a car?
19% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woodmere, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodmere
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.