Work & commute · Palm Tree

Work & commute in Palm Tree, NY

41% of Palm Tree’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are New York (22%), Ramapo (5%) and Monroe (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

4,477 of 11,037 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,560 Palm Tree residents head out of town to work, 4,477 work right here, and 4,992 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palm Tree.

6,560live here, work elsewhere

4,477live and work here

4,992work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palm Tree goes to work

Palm Tree (in town)right here

41%4,477

New York48.2 mi away

22%2,408

Ramapo14.1 mi away

5%556

Monroe2.8 mi away

5%502

Blooming Grove3.9 mi away

1%148

Woodbury3.5 mi away

1%112

Hempstead56.7 mi away

1%95

Cornwall7.4 mi away

1%63

Clarkstown17.6 mi away

1%61

Albany93.6 mi away

0%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%2,560

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

How far

How far Palm Tree commutes

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

49%

10%

30%

11%

49%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palm Tree is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Palm Tree are

9,469 jobs are based in Palm Tree. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palm Tree’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palm Tree

9,469 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Palm Tree residents hold

11,037 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+137%

Jobs based in Palm Tree, 2013 → 2023: 3,996 → 9,469. 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.