Work & commute · Newburgh

Work & commute in Newburgh, NY

Most working residents leave Newburgh for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New York (15%), Newburgh (9%) and New Windsor (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,545 of 14,246 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,701 Newburgh residents head out of town to work, 1,545 work right here, and 10,547 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newburgh.

12,701live here, work elsewhere

1,545live and work here

10,547work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newburgh goes to work

New York62.1 mi away

15%2,149

Newburgh (in town)right here

11%1,545

Newburgh4.2 mi away

9%1,268

New Windsor6.4 mi away

5%774

Wallkill18.4 mi away

4%538

Montgomery8 mi away

4%531

Poughkeepsie10.7 mi away

4%502

Goshen19.5 mi away

2%304

Poughkeepsie11.8 mi away

2%286

Fishkill7.5 mi away

2%240

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%6,109

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

How far

How far Newburgh commutes

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

37%

25%

13%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newburgh is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newburgh are

12,092 jobs are based in Newburgh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newburgh

12,092 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Newburgh residents hold

14,246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−1%

Jobs based in Newburgh, 2013 → 2023: 12,183 → 12,092. 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.