Work & commute · Orangetown

Work & commute in Orangetown, NY

Most working residents leave Orangetown for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are New York (29%), Clarkstown (10%) and Ramapo (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

3,464 of 21,442 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,978 Orangetown residents head out of town to work, 3,464 work right here, and 21,163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orangetown.

17,978live here, work elsewhere

3,464live and work here

21,163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orangetown goes to work

New York27 mi away

29%6,194

Orangetown (in town)right here

16%3,464

Clarkstown5.6 mi away

10%2,181

Ramapo10.1 mi away

5%1,028

Greenburgh5.7 mi away

2%474

Mount Pleasant8 mi away

2%343

Yonkers8.6 mi away

2%330

White Plains10.5 mi away

1%313

Haverstraw11.3 mi away

1%243

Montvale, NJ5.2 mi away

1%214

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%6,658

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

How far

How far Orangetown commutes

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

43%

39%

13%

43%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orangetown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Orangetown are

24,627 jobs are based in Orangetown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orangetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Orangetown

24,627 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Orangetown residents hold

21,442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−10%

Jobs based in Orangetown, 2013 → 2023: 27,293 → 24,627. 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.