Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, NY

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (24%), Woodbury (6%) and Ramapo (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

734 of 8,720 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 7,986 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 734 work right here, and 4,780 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

7,986live here, work elsewhere

734live and work here

4,780work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

New York46.3 mi away

24%2,132

Monroe (in town)right here

8%734

Woodbury5.1 mi away

6%527

Ramapo12.2 mi away

6%480

Palm Tree2.8 mi away

4%335

Wallkill16.6 mi away

4%316

Clarkstown16.7 mi away

3%288

Goshen9.8 mi away

3%228

Orangetown21.6 mi away

2%167

Blooming Grove6.3 mi away

2%147

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%3,366

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

25%

31%

35%

25%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

5,514 jobs are based in Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monroe

5,514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

8,720 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+1%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 5,446 → 5,514. 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.