Work & commute · Pomona

Work & commute in Pomona, NY

Most working residents leave Pomona for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ramapo (26%), New York (21%) and Clarkstown (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 1,263 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 1,221 Pomona residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 427 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pomona.

1,221live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

427work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pomona goes to work

Ramapo4.3 mi away

26%327

New York36.9 mi away

21%268

Clarkstown6 mi away

8%104

Haverstraw1.2 mi away

5%58

Orangetown10.9 mi away

4%50

Palm Tree11.9 mi away

2%26

Greenburgh15.6 mi away

2%23

Yonkers19.4 mi away

1%13

Paramus, NJ16.7 mi away

1%12

Mount Pleasant13.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%370

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

How far

How far Pomona commutes

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

41%

24%

27%

41%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pomona is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pomona are

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

Jobs based in Pomona

469 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Pomona residents hold

1,263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+16%

Jobs based in Pomona, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 469. 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.