Work & commute · Florida

Work & commute in Florida, NY

Most working residents leave Florida for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Warwick (23%), New York (18%) and Goshen (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

107 of 1,316 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,209 Florida residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 977 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Florida.

1,209live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

977work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Florida goes to work

Warwick4.9 mi away

23%298

New York51 mi away

18%239

Goshen3.6 mi away

8%101

Wallkill11.2 mi away

6%76

Chester4 mi away

4%53

Ramapo18.4 mi away

3%35

Middletown8.7 mi away

2%26

Clarkstown24.3 mi away

2%21

Mount Pleasant31.8 mi away

1%19

Orangetown28.5 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%430

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

How far

How far Florida commutes

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

43%

15%

31%

11%

43%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Florida is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Florida are

1,084 jobs are based in Florida. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Florida’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Florida

1,084 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Florida residents hold

1,316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−2%

Jobs based in Florida, 2013 → 2023: 1,108 → 1,084. 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.