Work & commute · Bedford

Work & commute in Bedford, NY

Most working residents leave Bedford for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (33%), Mount Kisco (4%) and White Plains (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

697 of 7,120 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,423 Bedford residents head out of town to work, 697 work right here, and 6,222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bedford.

6,423live here, work elsewhere

697live and work here

6,222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bedford goes to work

New York41.4 mi away

33%2,364

Bedford (in town)right here

10%697

Mount Kisco3.7 mi away

4%279

White Plains14.7 mi away

3%214

Mount Pleasant11.1 mi away

3%208

Greenburgh16.4 mi away

2%171

Stamford, CT11.8 mi away

2%163

Yonkers22 mi away

2%138

North Castle6.3 mi away

2%124

Harrison14.3 mi away

2%116

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,646

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bedford commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

22%

28%

43%

22%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bedford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bedford are

6,919 jobs are based in Bedford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bedford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bedford

6,919 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Bedford residents hold

7,120 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−4%

Jobs based in Bedford, 2013 → 2023: 7,179 → 6,919. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.