Work & commute · Cornwall

Work & commute in Cornwall, NY

Most working residents leave Cornwall for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), New Windsor (7%) and Newburgh (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

610 of 5,206 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,596 Cornwall residents head out of town to work, 610 work right here, and 2,514 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cornwall.

4,596live here, work elsewhere

610live and work here

2,514work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cornwall goes to work

New York52.2 mi away

16%832

Cornwall (in town)right here

12%610

New Windsor4.9 mi away

7%341

Newburgh6.6 mi away

5%263

Newburgh10 mi away

5%256

Wallkill18.3 mi away

3%138

Woodbury6.2 mi away

2%130

Poughkeepsie19.3 mi away

2%113

Montgomery11.6 mi away

2%94

Blooming Grove6.3 mi away

2%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,337

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

How far

How far Cornwall commutes

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

36%

25%

22%

16%

36%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cornwall is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cornwall are

3,124 jobs are based in Cornwall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cornwall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cornwall

3,124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Cornwall residents hold

5,206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+27%

Jobs based in Cornwall, 2013 → 2023: 2,457 → 3,124. 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.