Work & commute · Cortlandt

Work & commute in Cortlandt, NY

Most working residents leave Cortlandt for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are New York (29%), Mount Pleasant (5%) and Yorktown (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2,117 of 18,287 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,170 Cortlandt residents head out of town to work, 2,117 work right here, and 9,451 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cortlandt.

16,170live here, work elsewhere

2,117live and work here

9,451work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cortlandt goes to work

New York40.7 mi away

29%5,293

Cortlandt (in town)right here

12%2,117

Mount Pleasant10.7 mi away

5%844

Yorktown4.8 mi away

5%830

Greenburgh15.7 mi away

4%769

White Plains17.7 mi away

3%603

Peekskill2.7 mi away

3%593

Ossining7 mi away

3%539

Yonkers21.2 mi away

2%411

Harrison18.5 mi away

1%254

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%6,034

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

How far

How far Cortlandt commutes

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

26%

29%

37%

26%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cortlandt is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cortlandt are

11,568 jobs are based in Cortlandt. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cortlandt’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cortlandt

11,568 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Cortlandt residents hold

18,287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−4%

Jobs based in Cortlandt, 2013 → 2023: 12,094 → 11,568. 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.