Work & commute · Haverstraw

Work & commute in Haverstraw, NY

Most working residents leave Haverstraw for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Clarkstown (23%), New York (18%) and Haverstraw (10%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

249 of 4,862 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 4,613 Haverstraw residents head out of town to work, 249 work right here, and 894 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Haverstraw.

4,613live here, work elsewhere

249live and work here

894work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Haverstraw goes to work

Clarkstown3.3 mi away

23%1,135

New York35.6 mi away

18%874

Haverstraw5.3 mi away

10%509

Ramapo8.8 mi away

9%427

Orangetown8.6 mi away

8%387

Stony Point6 mi away

2%110

Greenburgh11.5 mi away

2%85

Mount Pleasant8.1 mi away

1%64

White Plains14.6 mi away

1%61

Hempstead41.5 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,165

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

How far

How far Haverstraw commutes

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

49%

22%

23%

49%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Haverstraw is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Haverstraw are

1,143 jobs are based in Haverstraw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Haverstraw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Haverstraw

1,143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Haverstraw residents hold

4,862 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−23%

Jobs based in Haverstraw, 2013 → 2023: 1,485 → 1,143. 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.