Work & commute · Clarkstown

Work & commute in Clarkstown, NY

Most working residents leave Clarkstown for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are New York (28%), Ramapo (8%) and Orangetown (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

7,714 of 40,285 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32,571 Clarkstown residents head out of town to work, 7,714 work right here, and 27,764 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarkstown.

32,571live here, work elsewhere

7,714live and work here

27,764work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarkstown goes to work

New York32.6 mi away

28%11,445

Clarkstown (in town)right here

19%7,714

Ramapo7.3 mi away

8%3,108

Orangetown5.6 mi away

8%3,022

Greenburgh9.7 mi away

2%901

Mount Pleasant8 mi away

2%715

White Plains13.5 mi away

2%660

Yonkers14 mi away

2%659

Haverstraw6.1 mi away

2%623

Hempstead39.3 mi away

1%330

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%11,108

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

How far

How far Clarkstown commutes

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

41%

28%

25%

41%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarkstown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarkstown are

35,478 jobs are based in Clarkstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarkstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarkstown

35,478 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Clarkstown residents hold

40,285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−1%

Jobs based in Clarkstown, 2013 → 2023: 35,778 → 35,478. 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.