Work & commute · Pearl River

Work & commute in Pearl River, NY

Most working residents leave Pearl River for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (28%), Orangetown (17%) and Clarkstown (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

728 of 7,399 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 6,671 Pearl River residents head out of town to work, 728 work right here, and 7,746 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pearl River.

6,671live here, work elsewhere

728live and work here

7,746work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pearl River goes to work

New York27.8 mi away

28%2,055

Orangetown3.2 mi away

17%1,236

Clarkstown5.5 mi away

11%809

Ramapo7.5 mi away

5%382

Greenburgh8.9 mi away

2%150

Montvale, NJ2.1 mi away

2%124

Mount Pleasant10.6 mi away

2%112

Yonkers10.8 mi away

1%108

White Plains13.6 mi away

1%102

Haverstraw9.9 mi away

1%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,228

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

How far

How far Pearl River commutes

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

44%

39%

12%

44%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pearl River 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 Pearl River are

8,474 jobs are based in Pearl River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pearl River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pearl River

8,474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Pearl River residents hold

7,399 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−7%

Jobs based in Pearl River, 2013 → 2023: 9,158 → 8,474. 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.