Work & commute · Irvington

Work & commute in Irvington, NY

Most working residents leave Irvington for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (45%), Greenburgh (15%) and White Plains (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

159 of 2,533 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,374 Irvington residents head out of town to work, 159 work right here, and 2,394 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irvington.

2,374live here, work elsewhere

159live and work here

2,394work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irvington goes to work

New York25.9 mi away

45%1,135

Greenburgh1.3 mi away

15%370

White Plains6.1 mi away

4%90

Mount Pleasant6 mi away

3%88

Yonkers6.1 mi away

3%72

Harrison7.7 mi away

2%58

Stamford, CT17 mi away

1%35

Eastchester6.3 mi away

1%29

Oyster Bay24.6 mi away

1%29

North Hempstead18.7 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%600

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

How far

How far Irvington commutes

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

34%

52%

34%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irvington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Irvington are

2,553 jobs are based in Irvington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Irvington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Irvington

2,553 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Irvington residents hold

2,533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month80%

+12%

Jobs based in Irvington, 2013 → 2023: 2,273 → 2,553. 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.