Work & commute · Carmel

Work & commute in Carmel, NY

Most working residents leave Carmel for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New York (25%), Yorktown (5%) and Mount Pleasant (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

2,064 of 15,308 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 13,244 Carmel residents head out of town to work, 2,064 work right here, and 6,406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carmel.

13,244live here, work elsewhere

2,064live and work here

6,406work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carmel goes to work

New York51.3 mi away

25%3,796

Carmel (in town)right here

13%2,064

Yorktown9.5 mi away

5%740

Mount Pleasant19.6 mi away

4%617

Southeast6.5 mi away

3%445

Greenburgh25.5 mi away

2%380

White Plains25.1 mi away

2%366

Somers5.7 mi away

2%339

Cortlandt13.4 mi away

2%303

Yonkers31.4 mi away

2%245

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%6,013

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

How far

How far Carmel commutes

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

28%

25%

37%

10%

28%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carmel is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carmel are

8,470 jobs are based in Carmel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carmel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carmel

8,470 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Carmel residents hold

15,308 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+12%

Jobs based in Carmel, 2013 → 2023: 7,542 → 8,470. 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.