Work & commute · Buchanan

Work & commute in Buchanan, NY

Most working residents leave Buchanan for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (28%), Cortlandt (17%) and Mount Pleasant (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 1,077 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,034 Buchanan residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 801 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buchanan.

1,034live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

801work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buchanan goes to work

New York41.5 mi away

28%304

Cortlandt2.2 mi away

17%183

Mount Pleasant12.4 mi away

6%61

Peekskill2 mi away

5%58

White Plains19.4 mi away

4%41

Ossining8.6 mi away

3%35

Greenburgh17 mi away

2%24

Yonkers22.3 mi away

2%22

Ramapo11.9 mi away

2%17

Mount Kisco12 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%317

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

How far

How far Buchanan commutes

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

30%

28%

36%

30%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buchanan is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buchanan are

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

Jobs based in Buchanan

844 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Buchanan residents hold

1,077 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−53%

Jobs based in Buchanan, 2013 → 2023: 1,780 → 844. 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.