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Work & commute in Mahopac · A commuter town

91% of Mahopac’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Mahopac for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (24%), Carmel (14%) and Yorktown (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Work in town
9%
387 of 4,197 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
43 min
More than NY (33 min)
Work from home
15%
Less than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
3,106
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Mahopac?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

24% of working residents work in New York

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

White Plains: 102 residents work here (2%)Yonkers: 71 residents work here (2%)New York: 1,025 residents work here (24%)Greenburgh: 103 residents work here (2%)Mount Pleasant: 176 residents work here (4%)Somers: 110 residents work here (3%)Yorktown: 226 residents work here (5%)Cortlandt: 86 residents work here (2%)PattersonKentPutnam ValleyCarmel: 575 residents work here (14%)East FishkillSoutheast: 105 residents work here (3%)MahopacNew YorkCarmelYorktownMount PleasantSomersSoutheastMahopac
1
New York49.9 mi away
24%1,025
2
Carmel1.5 mi away
14%575
3
Yorktown8 mi away
5%226
4
Mount Pleasant18.2 mi away
4%176
5
Somers4.6 mi away
3%110
6
Southeast7.7 mi away
3%105
7
Greenburgh24.1 mi away
2%103
8
White Plains23.9 mi away
2%102
9
Cortlandt11.9 mi away
2%86
10
Yonkers30 mi away
2%71
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%1,618
The top trips

Where Mahopac clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Next door

17% of Mahopac works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Carmel (14%). Darker towns draw more of Mahopac’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Somers36 min
Carmel41 min
Mahopac43 min
Time on the road

About 43 minutes each way, longer than most of New York

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
330 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Mahopac43 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
15%

of Mahopac workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Mahopac quiets down on a workday

On a workday 3,810 residents head out to work, 387 work right here, and 2,719 people come in from elsewhere.

3,810live here, work elsewhere
387live and work here
2,719work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night9,000
Workday7,900
9,000live here− 3,800head out to work+ 2,700come in to work= 7,900on a workday

About 7,900 people are in Mahopac on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.74jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Mahopac commutes less than 23 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miNew York: 24% · 49.9 miCarmel: 14% · 1.5 miYorktown: 5% · 8 miMount Pleasant: 4% · 18.2 miSomers: 3% · 4.6 miSoutheast: 3% · 7.7 miGreenburgh: 2% · 24.1 miWhite Plains: 2% · 23.9 miCortlandt: 2% · 11.9 miYonkers: 2% · 30 miNew York 24%Carmel 14%Yorktown 5%Mount Pleasant 4%Somers 3%Mahopac
MahopacTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi1,198 residents
27%10–24 mi1,127 residents
37%25–50 mi1,536 residents
8%Over 50 mi328 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 3,106 jobs in Mahopac are

3,106 jobs are based in Mahopac. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mahopac’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in MahopacJobs Mahopac residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms10%11%
Trade, transport & utilities18%17%
Services: health, schools, offices72%72%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%17%
Over $3,333 a month54%71%

Who does it

29 or younger24%19%
30 to 5446%50%
55 and older30%31%
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Jobs based in Mahopac, 2013 → 2023: 3,097 → 3,106. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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