Work & commute · Elmsford

Work & commute in Elmsford, NY

Most working residents leave Elmsford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (36%), Greenburgh (14%) and White Plains (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

100 of 2,372 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,272 Elmsford residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 3,637 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmsford.

2,272live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

3,637work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmsford goes to work

New York27.8 mi away

36%843

Greenburgh2.3 mi away

14%333

White Plains3.9 mi away

7%173

Mount Pleasant4 mi away

6%149

Yonkers8 mi away

5%118

Harrison5.4 mi away

2%47

Rye7.4 mi away

2%46

Stamford, CT14.1 mi away

2%36

Greenwich, CT9.4 mi away

1%33

New Rochelle9.2 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%562

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

How far

How far Elmsford commutes

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

45%

41%

11%

45%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmsford is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmsford are

3,737 jobs are based in Elmsford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elmsford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elmsford

3,737 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Elmsford residents hold

2,372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−3%

Jobs based in Elmsford, 2013 → 2023: 3,865 → 3,737. 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.