Work & commute · Middletown

Work & commute in Middletown, NY

Most working residents leave Middletown for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Wallkill (19%), New York (19%) and Goshen (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,385 of 12,745 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,360 Middletown residents head out of town to work, 1,385 work right here, and 5,868 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middletown.

11,360live here, work elsewhere

1,385live and work here

5,868work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middletown goes to work

Wallkill3.3 mi away

19%2,425

New York59.7 mi away

19%2,369

Middletown (in town)right here

11%1,385

Goshen5.6 mi away

5%635

Chester11 mi away

2%311

Montgomery12.9 mi away

2%297

Ramapo26.7 mi away

2%228

Thompson19.1 mi away

2%199

Newburgh21.3 mi away

1%180

Newburgh20.5 mi away

1%176

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%4,540

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

How far

How far Middletown commutes

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

40%

15%

16%

29%

40%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middletown is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middletown are

7,253 jobs are based in Middletown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middletown

7,253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Middletown residents hold

12,745 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

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Jobs based in Middletown, 2013 → 2023: 7,284 → 7,253. 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.