Work & commute · Lumberland

Work & commute in Lumberland, NY

Most working residents leave Lumberland for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Thompson (10%) and Wallkill (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 815 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 756 Lumberland residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lumberland.

756live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lumberland goes to work

New York73.2 mi away

13%105

Thompson12.8 mi away

10%83

Lumberland (in town)right here

7%59

Wallkill21.3 mi away

6%51

Highland6.5 mi away

6%51

Port Jervis10.1 mi away

5%42

Fallsburg20 mi away

4%29

Goshen24.9 mi away

3%24

Liberty22 mi away

3%23

Middletown20.4 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%333

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

How far

How far Lumberland commutes

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

18%

36%

14%

32%

18%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lumberland is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lumberland are

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

Jobs based in Lumberland

173 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Lumberland residents hold

815 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−9%

Jobs based in Lumberland, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 173. 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.