Work & commute · New Castle

Work & commute in New Castle, NY

Most working residents leave New Castle for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (38%), Mount Pleasant (5%) and Greenburgh (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

340 of 6,591 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,251 New Castle residents head out of town to work, 340 work right here, and 5,028 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Castle.

6,251live here, work elsewhere

340live and work here

5,028work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Castle goes to work

New York36.9 mi away

38%2,530

New Castle (in town)right here

5%340

Mount Pleasant5.3 mi away

5%304

Greenburgh11.2 mi away

4%264

White Plains11 mi away

3%173

Mount Kisco2.7 mi away

3%165

Yonkers17.1 mi away

2%148

North Castle5.3 mi away

2%126

Stamford, CT13.8 mi away

2%125

Harrison11.3 mi away

2%118

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%2,298

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

How far

How far New Castle commutes

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

23%

24%

45%

23%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Castle is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Castle are

5,368 jobs are based in New Castle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Castle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Castle

5,368 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs New Castle residents hold

6,591 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+18%

Jobs based in New Castle, 2013 → 2023: 4,564 → 5,368. 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.