Work & commute · Newburgh

Work & commute in Newburgh, NY

Most working residents leave Newburgh for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New York (18%), Newburgh (8%) and New Windsor (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,369 of 10,934 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 9,565 Newburgh residents head out of town to work, 1,369 work right here, and 8,615 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newburgh.

9,565live here, work elsewhere

1,369live and work here

8,615work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newburgh goes to work

New York58.2 mi away

18%2,022

Newburgh (in town)right here

13%1,369

Newburgh4.2 mi away

8%883

New Windsor5.1 mi away

5%579

Montgomery10.2 mi away

3%378

Fishkill5 mi away

3%376

Wallkill19.7 mi away

3%293

Poughkeepsie12.6 mi away

2%212

Ramapo25.4 mi away

2%165

Albany81.1 mi away

1%145

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%4,512

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.

35%

21%

15%

29%

35%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newburgh is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newburgh are

9,984 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

9,984 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Newburgh residents hold

10,934 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+22%

Jobs based in Newburgh, 2013 → 2023: 8,211 → 9,984. 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.