Work & commute · New Square

Work & commute in New Square, NY

About one in 5 of New Square’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ramapo (49%), New York (21%) and Clarkstown (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

581 of 2,714 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 2,133 New Square residents head out of town to work, 581 work right here, and 1,210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Square.

2,133live here, work elsewhere

581live and work here

1,210work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Square goes to work

Ramapo3.9 mi away

49%1,330

New York33.4 mi away

21%567

Clarkstown3.3 mi away

4%99

Palm Tree15.4 mi away

3%75

Hempstead41.3 mi away

1%24

North Hempstead29.7 mi away

0%13

Wallkill30.8 mi away

0%12

Hackensack, NJ17.4 mi away

0%11

Oyster Bay35.8 mi away

0%11

Yonkers15.9 mi away

0%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%562

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

How far

How far New Square commutes

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

54%

13%

25%

54%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Square is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Square are

1,791 jobs are based in New Square. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Square’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Square

1,791 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs New Square residents hold

2,714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+4%

Jobs based in New Square, 2013 → 2023: 1,723 → 1,791. 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.