Work & commute · Monticello

Work & commute in Monticello, NY

Most working residents leave Monticello for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Thompson (33%), New York (14%) and Fallsburg (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

536 of 2,797 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,261 Monticello residents head out of town to work, 536 work right here, and 5,712 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monticello.

2,261live here, work elsewhere

536live and work here

5,712work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monticello goes to work

Thompson0.7 mi away

33%935

New York78.7 mi away

14%395

Fallsburg7.3 mi away

6%171

Liberty12.1 mi away

5%136

Wallkill18.6 mi away

4%112

Middletown19.8 mi away

2%48

Albany83.5 mi away

1%41

Ramapo46.5 mi away

1%36

New Windsor32.3 mi away

1%26

Newburgh36 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%874

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

How far

How far Monticello commutes

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

43%

12%

13%

32%

43%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monticello is a job hub

2.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Monticello are

6,248 jobs are based in Monticello. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monticello’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monticello

6,248 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Monticello residents hold

2,797 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+44%

Jobs based in Monticello, 2013 → 2023: 4,348 → 6,248. 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.