Work & commute · Minisink

Work & commute in Minisink, NY

Most working residents leave Minisink for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Wallkill (11%) and Warwick (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 1,911 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,856 Minisink residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minisink.

1,856live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minisink goes to work

New York55.5 mi away

14%261

Wallkill13.5 mi away

11%211

Warwick10.4 mi away

8%151

Goshen10.5 mi away

7%139

Wawayanda5.6 mi away

7%133

Middletown10.3 mi away

4%83

Minisink (in town)right here

3%55

Chester13.7 mi away

2%43

Ramapo26 mi away

2%38

Albany100.2 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%770

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

How far

How far Minisink commutes

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

25%

29%

24%

22%

25%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minisink is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Minisink are

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

Jobs based in Minisink

220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Minisink residents hold

1,911 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+21%

Jobs based in Minisink, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 220. 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.