Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, NY

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (25%), Monroe (8%) and Woodbury (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

191 of 3,741 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 3,550 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 191 work right here, and 2,533 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

3,550live here, work elsewhere

191live and work here

2,533work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

New York47.1 mi away

25%934

Monroe1.1 mi away

8%315

Woodbury4.4 mi away

6%231

Ramapo13 mi away

5%184

Palm Tree1.7 mi away

4%132

Wallkill16.2 mi away

3%126

Clarkstown17.1 mi away

3%110

Goshen9.8 mi away

3%107

Blooming Grove5.3 mi away

2%70

Orangetown22.1 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,463

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%

29%

37%

25%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

2,724 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

2,724 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

3,741 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+6%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 2,569 → 2,724. 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.