Work & commute · Eastchester

Work & commute in Eastchester, NY

Most working residents leave Eastchester for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (47%), Yonkers (5%) and Greenburgh (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,337 of 14,025 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,688 Eastchester residents head out of town to work, 1,337 work right here, and 10,261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eastchester.

12,688live here, work elsewhere

1,337live and work here

10,261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eastchester goes to work

New York21.1 mi away

47%6,535

Eastchester (in town)right here

10%1,337

Yonkers2.9 mi away

5%651

Greenburgh5.5 mi away

4%505

White Plains5.9 mi away

4%502

New Rochelle2.7 mi away

2%296

Mount Pleasant11 mi away

2%291

Harrison6.9 mi away

2%280

Mount Vernon2.9 mi away

2%251

North Hempstead12.5 mi away

2%215

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%3,162

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

How far

How far Eastchester commutes

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

42%

48%

42%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eastchester is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eastchester are

11,598 jobs are based in Eastchester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eastchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eastchester

11,598 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Eastchester residents hold

14,025 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+1%

Jobs based in Eastchester, 2013 → 2023: 11,528 → 11,598. 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.