Work & commute · Forestburgh

Work & commute in Forestburgh, NY

Most working residents leave Forestburgh for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Thompson (18%), New York (12%) and Goshen (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 358 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 331 Forestburgh residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forestburgh.

331live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forestburgh goes to work

Thompson6.1 mi away

18%66

New York74 mi away

12%44

Forestburgh (in town)right here

8%27

Goshen22.2 mi away

4%15

Wallkill16.8 mi away

4%14

Fallsburg13.3 mi away

4%14

Liberty17.6 mi away

3%12

Middletown16.9 mi away

2%7

Wappinger42.4 mi away

2%7

Port Jervis12.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%147

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

How far

How far Forestburgh commutes

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

25%

20%

29%

25%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forestburgh is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forestburgh are

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

Jobs based in Forestburgh

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Forestburgh residents hold

358 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+66%

Jobs based in Forestburgh, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 98. 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.