Work & commute · Pawling

Work & commute in Pawling, NY

Most working residents leave Pawling for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Pawling (25%), New York (15%) and Southeast (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

158 of 899 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 741 Pawling residents head out of town to work, 158 work right here, and 656 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pawling.

741live here, work elsewhere

158live and work here

656work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pawling goes to work

Pawling0.4 mi away

25%226

New York64.7 mi away

15%136

Southeast10.7 mi away

5%46

Carmel13.8 mi away

4%38

Patterson5.5 mi away

3%31

Poughkeepsie17.6 mi away

3%23

Danbury, CT13 mi away

2%18

Dover8.2 mi away

2%18

LaGrange13.2 mi away

2%17

Wappinger15.2 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%330

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.

37%

25%

15%

24%

37%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pawling is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pawling are

814 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

814 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Pawling residents hold

899 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−5%

Jobs based in Pawling, 2013 → 2023: 854 → 814. 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.