Work & commute · Dobbs Ferry

Work & commute in Dobbs Ferry, NY

Most working residents leave Dobbs Ferry for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (43%), Greenburgh (18%) and Yonkers (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

457 of 4,616 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,159 Dobbs Ferry residents head out of town to work, 457 work right here, and 4,848 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dobbs Ferry.

4,159live here, work elsewhere

457live and work here

4,848work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dobbs Ferry goes to work

New York24.3 mi away

43%1,963

Greenburgh1.9 mi away

18%811

Yonkers4.4 mi away

4%198

White Plains6.2 mi away

3%158

Mount Pleasant7.6 mi away

3%134

Harrison7.8 mi away

2%70

North Hempstead17.4 mi away

1%65

New Rochelle7.6 mi away

1%45

Clarkstown10 mi away

1%44

Eastchester4.9 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,086

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

How far

How far Dobbs Ferry commutes

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

39%

49%

39%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dobbs Ferry is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dobbs Ferry are

5,305 jobs are based in Dobbs Ferry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dobbs Ferry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dobbs Ferry

5,305 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Dobbs Ferry residents hold

4,616 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+30%

Jobs based in Dobbs Ferry, 2013 → 2023: 4,082 → 5,305. 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.