Work & commute · Chestnut Ridge

Work & commute in Chestnut Ridge, NY

Most working residents leave Chestnut Ridge for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Ramapo (33%), New York (21%) and Clarkstown (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

256 of 3,579 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,323 Chestnut Ridge residents head out of town to work, 256 work right here, and 3,640 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chestnut Ridge.

3,323live here, work elsewhere

256live and work here

3,640work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chestnut Ridge goes to work

Ramapo4.9 mi away

33%1,193

New York29.7 mi away

21%743

Clarkstown5.5 mi away

6%203

Orangetown5.6 mi away

3%109

Palm Tree18.6 mi away

2%66

Montvale, NJ2.1 mi away

1%47

Greenburgh11.4 mi away

1%42

Mount Pleasant12.2 mi away

1%36

Hempstead38.7 mi away

1%30

Ramsey, NJ5.4 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,083

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

How far

How far Chestnut Ridge commutes

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

50%

27%

16%

50%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chestnut Ridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chestnut Ridge are

3,896 jobs are based in Chestnut Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chestnut Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chestnut Ridge

3,896 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Chestnut Ridge residents hold

3,579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+11%

Jobs based in Chestnut Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 3,510 → 3,896. 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.