Work & commute · Brewster

Work & commute in Brewster, NY

Most working residents leave Brewster for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (26%), Southeast (14%) and Carmel (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 1,050 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,007 Brewster residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brewster.

1,007live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

632work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brewster goes to work

New York53.4 mi away

26%276

Southeast1.2 mi away

14%144

Carmel5.6 mi away

5%54

Danbury, CT7.2 mi away

4%37

Somers8.4 mi away

3%27

Patterson6.3 mi away

2%21

Greenburgh27.9 mi away

2%20

White Plains26.7 mi away

2%18

North Salem4.3 mi away

2%17

Yonkers33.7 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%420

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

How far

How far Brewster commutes

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

31%

18%

36%

15%

31%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brewster 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 Brewster are

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

Jobs based in Brewster

675 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Brewster residents hold

1,050 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+41%

Jobs based in Brewster, 2013 → 2023: 479 → 675. 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.