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Work & commute in Narrowsburg · Balanced

89% of Narrowsburg’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Narrowsburg for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Tusten (14%), New York (11%) and Delaware (8%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Work in town
11%
14 of 130 working residents
Typical commute
35 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
32 min
Less than NY (33 min)
Work from home
51%
More than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
180
Balanced

What kind of work town is Narrowsburg?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

About 32 minutes each way, about the NY average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
242 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Narrowsburg32 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
51%

of Narrowsburg workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 5 in 10
Next door

17% of Narrowsburg works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Tusten (14%). Darker towns draw more of Narrowsburg’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Day and night

Narrowsburg fills up on a workday

On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere.

116live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
166work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night480
Workday530
480live here− 120head out to work+ 170come in to work= 530on a workday

About 530 people are in Narrowsburg on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.38jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

14% of working residents work in Tusten

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

New York: 14 residents work here (11%)HawleyHonesdaleNorth Hempstead: 4 residents work here (3%)LumberlandCochectonCallicoon: 5 residents work here (4%)Warwick: 4 residents work here (3%)Wallkill: 6 residents work here (5%)Delaware: 11 residents work here (8%)BethelThompson: 11 residents work here (8%)Tusten: 18 residents work here (14%)Liberty: 5 residents work here (4%)BerlinDamascusLackawaxen: 4 residents work here (3%)NarrowsburgTustenNew YorkDelawareThompsonWallkillCallicoonNarrowsburg
1
Tusten3.6 mi away
14%18
2
New York86.9 mi away
11%14
3
Delaware10.9 mi away
8%11
4
Thompson19.6 mi away
8%11
5
Wallkill34.5 mi away
5%6
6
Callicoon17.5 mi away
4%5
7
Liberty19.7 mi away
4%5
8
North Hempstead90.2 mi away
3%4
9
Warwick42.9 mi away
3%4
10
Lackawaxen, PA7.5 mi away
3%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%48
The top trips

Where Narrowsburg clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Narrowsburg commutes less than 35 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miTusten: 14% · 3.6 miNew York: 11% · 86.9 miDelaware: 8% · 10.9 miThompson: 8% · 19.6 miWallkill: 5% · 34.5 miCallicoon: 4% · 17.5 miLiberty: 4% · 19.7 miNorth Hempstead: 3% · 90.2 miWarwick: 3% · 42.9 miLackawaxen: 3% · 7.5 miTusten 14%New York 11%Delaware 8%Thompson 8%Wallkill 5%Narrowsburg
NarrowsburgTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi22 residents
29%10–24 mi38 residents
13%25–50 mi17 residents
41%Over 50 mi53 residents

About 41% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 180 jobs in Narrowsburg are

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

Jobs based in NarrowsburgJobs Narrowsburg residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms10%9%
Trade, transport & utilities28%17%
Services: health, schools, offices62%74%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less24%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%18%
Over $3,333 a month32%68%

Who does it

29 or younger23%16%
30 to 5447%50%
55 and older29%34%
+82%

Jobs based in Narrowsburg, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 180. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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