Work & commute · Pawling

Work & commute in Pawling, NY

Most working residents leave Pawling for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are New York (15%), Southeast (5%) and Carmel (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

547 of 3,109 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,562 Pawling residents head out of town to work, 547 work right here, and 1,352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pawling.

2,562live here, work elsewhere

547live and work here

1,352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pawling goes to work

Pawling (in town)right here

18%547

New York65.1 mi away

15%481

Southeast11.1 mi away

5%167

Carmel14.2 mi away

4%127

Patterson5.8 mi away

3%103

Poughkeepsie17.6 mi away

3%84

Danbury, CT13.2 mi away

2%72

East Fishkill9.6 mi away

2%59

Dover7.8 mi away

2%55

Kent10.1 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,365

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

How far

How far Pawling commutes

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

30%

27%

16%

27%

30%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pawling is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pawling are

1,899 jobs are based in Pawling. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pawling’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pawling

1,899 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Pawling residents hold

3,109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+4%

Jobs based in Pawling, 2013 → 2023: 1,827 → 1,899. 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.