Work & commute · Harriman

Work & commute in Harriman, NY

Most working residents leave Harriman for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New York (26%), Monroe (7%) and Woodbury (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 1,173 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,157 Harriman residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 785 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harriman.

1,157live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

785work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harriman goes to work

New York45.9 mi away

26%304

Monroe2.7 mi away

7%80

Woodbury2.5 mi away

6%75

Ramapo11.8 mi away

6%71

Wallkill18.2 mi away

4%48

Clarkstown15.2 mi away

4%43

Orangetown20.4 mi away

3%38

Palm Tree2.4 mi away

3%30

Goshen12 mi away

2%29

Newburgh14.9 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%438

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

How far

How far Harriman commutes

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

19%

36%

35%

10%

19%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harriman is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harriman are

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

Jobs based in Harriman

801 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Harriman residents hold

1,173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

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Jobs based in Harriman, 2013 → 2023: 805 → 801. 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.