Work & commute · Marlborough

Work & commute in Marlborough, NY

Most working residents leave Marlborough for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Poughkeepsie (7%) and Newburgh (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

625 of 3,764 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 3,139 Marlborough residents head out of town to work, 625 work right here, and 1,366 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marlborough.

3,139live here, work elsewhere

625live and work here

1,366work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marlborough goes to work

Marlborough (in town)right here

17%625

New York67.3 mi away

13%488

Poughkeepsie4.5 mi away

7%258

Newburgh6.5 mi away

5%196

Lloyd5.4 mi away

4%142

Newburgh9.3 mi away

4%139

Poughkeepsie5.3 mi away

3%108

Kingston20.3 mi away

3%97

New Paltz10.3 mi away

3%95

Wappinger6 mi away

2%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,529

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

How far

How far Marlborough commutes

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

47%

20%

24%

47%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marlborough is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marlborough are

1,991 jobs are based in Marlborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marlborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marlborough

1,991 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Marlborough residents hold

3,764 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+13%

Jobs based in Marlborough, 2013 → 2023: 1,757 → 1,991. 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.