Work & commute · Bethel

Work & commute in Bethel, NY

Most working residents leave Bethel for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Thompson (18%), New York (13%) and Liberty (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

119 of 1,347 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,228 Bethel residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 746 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethel.

1,228live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

746work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bethel goes to work

Thompson9.5 mi away

18%245

New York85.2 mi away

13%170

Bethel (in town)right here

9%119

Liberty9.2 mi away

7%98

Delaware9 mi away

5%69

Fallsburg13.3 mi away

4%50

Wallkill27 mi away

3%34

Albany86.6 mi away

2%21

Callicoon11 mi away

1%18

Ramapo54 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%505

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

How far

How far Bethel commutes

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

32%

17%

15%

36%

32%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bethel is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethel are

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

Jobs based in Bethel

865 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Bethel residents hold

1,347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+104%

Jobs based in Bethel, 2013 → 2023: 423 → 865. 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.