Work & commute · Philipstown

Work & commute in Philipstown, NY

Most working residents leave Philipstown for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New York (27%), Cortlandt (4%) and Yorktown (3%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

522 of 3,981 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,459 Philipstown residents head out of town to work, 522 work right here, and 1,930 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Philipstown.

3,459live here, work elsewhere

522live and work here

1,930work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Philipstown goes to work

New York51.8 mi away

27%1,064

Philipstown (in town)right here

13%522

Cortlandt11.2 mi away

4%159

Yorktown11.2 mi away

3%113

Greenburgh26.8 mi away

2%96

White Plains28.3 mi away

2%86

Peekskill8.6 mi away

2%79

Yonkers32.4 mi away

2%78

Mount Pleasant21.4 mi away

2%69

Fishkill7.1 mi away

2%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,655

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

How far

How far Philipstown commutes

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

24%

20%

41%

15%

24%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Philipstown is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Philipstown are

2,452 jobs are based in Philipstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Philipstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Philipstown

2,452 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Philipstown residents hold

3,981 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+16%

Jobs based in Philipstown, 2013 → 2023: 2,105 → 2,452. 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.