Work & commute · Nyack

Work & commute in Nyack, NY

Most working residents leave Nyack for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (28%), Orangetown (15%) and Clarkstown (12%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

307 of 3,348 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 3,041 Nyack residents head out of town to work, 307 work right here, and 3,781 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nyack.

3,041live here, work elsewhere

307live and work here

3,781work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nyack goes to work

New York29.8 mi away

28%946

Orangetown3.2 mi away

15%489

Clarkstown3.9 mi away

12%415

Ramapo10.4 mi away

5%175

Greenburgh5.8 mi away

2%78

White Plains9.8 mi away

2%63

Mount Pleasant5.4 mi away

2%60

Yonkers10.5 mi away

2%54

Haverstraw10 mi away

1%37

North Hempstead23.5 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,001

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

How far

How far Nyack commutes

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

43%

34%

18%

43%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nyack is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nyack are

4,088 jobs are based in Nyack. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nyack’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nyack

4,088 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Nyack residents hold

3,348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−9%

Jobs based in Nyack, 2013 → 2023: 4,473 → 4,088. 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.