Work & commute · Peekskill

Work & commute in Peekskill, NY

Most working residents leave Peekskill for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are New York (28%), Cortlandt (9%) and Yorktown (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,220 of 10,413 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,193 Peekskill residents head out of town to work, 1,220 work right here, and 4,539 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peekskill.

9,193live here, work elsewhere

1,220live and work here

4,539work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peekskill goes to work

New York43.2 mi away

28%2,943

Peekskill (in town)right here

12%1,220

Cortlandt2.7 mi away

9%898

Yorktown5.6 mi away

5%480

Mount Pleasant13.3 mi away

4%374

Greenburgh18.3 mi away

3%339

White Plains20.3 mi away

3%318

Ossining9.6 mi away

2%250

Yonkers23.8 mi away

2%245

Ramapo13.8 mi away

2%177

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%3,169

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

How far

How far Peekskill commutes

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

29%

27%

37%

29%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peekskill is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peekskill are

5,759 jobs are based in Peekskill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Peekskill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Peekskill

5,759 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Peekskill residents hold

10,413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+2%

Jobs based in Peekskill, 2013 → 2023: 5,620 → 5,759. 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.