Work & commute · New Rochelle

Work & commute in New Rochelle, NY

Most working residents leave New Rochelle for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are New York (45%), White Plains (3%) and Mamaroneck (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

4,464 of 32,017 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,553 New Rochelle residents head out of town to work, 4,464 work right here, and 16,307 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Rochelle.

27,553live here, work elsewhere

4,464live and work here

16,307work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Rochelle goes to work

New York19.8 mi away

45%14,333

New Rochelle (in town)right here

14%4,464

White Plains7.1 mi away

3%1,032

Mamaroneck1.8 mi away

3%939

Yonkers4.9 mi away

3%918

Greenburgh8.1 mi away

2%799

Mount Vernon2.7 mi away

2%616

Harrison7.6 mi away

2%521

Rye7.4 mi away

2%500

Eastchester2.7 mi away

2%494

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%7,401

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

How far

How far New Rochelle commutes

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

46%

45%

46%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Rochelle is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Rochelle are

20,771 jobs are based in New Rochelle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Rochelle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Rochelle

20,771 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs New Rochelle residents hold

32,017 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+2%

Jobs based in New Rochelle, 2013 → 2023: 20,425 → 20,771. 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.