Work & commute · North East

Work & commute in North East, NY

About one in 4 of North East’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Salisbury (8%) and Amenia (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

290 of 1,236 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 946 North East residents head out of town to work, 290 work right here, and 909 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North East.

946live here, work elsewhere

290live and work here

909work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North East goes to work

North East (in town)right here

23%290

New York91 mi away

14%170

Salisbury, CT6.8 mi away

8%94

Amenia8.5 mi away

4%51

Sharon, CT7.7 mi away

3%38

Wappinger30.5 mi away

2%23

Dover18.4 mi away

2%22

Washington12.6 mi away

1%17

Mount Pleasant59.2 mi away

1%16

Poughkeepsie26.9 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%503

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

How far

How far North East commutes

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

38%

14%

33%

38%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North East is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North East are

1,199 jobs are based in North East. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North East’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North East

1,199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs North East residents hold

1,236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+11%

Jobs based in North East, 2013 → 2023: 1,084 → 1,199. 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.