Work & commute · Port Chester

Work & commute in Port Chester, NY

Most working residents leave Port Chester for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (32%), Rye (15%) and Greenwich (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,211 of 11,910 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,699 Port Chester residents head out of town to work, 1,211 work right here, and 5,551 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Chester.

10,699live here, work elsewhere

1,211live and work here

5,551work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Chester goes to work

New York27.6 mi away

32%3,771

Rye1.1 mi away

15%1,784

Greenwich, CT3.3 mi away

7%802

Stamford, CT8.2 mi away

4%496

White Plains4.6 mi away

4%488

Rye4.1 mi away

3%415

Harrison3 mi away

3%379

Greenburgh9.3 mi away

3%361

Yonkers11.2 mi away

2%256

Mount Pleasant10.7 mi away

2%252

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%2,906

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

How far

How far Port Chester commutes

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

46%

38%

12%

46%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Chester is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Chester are

6,762 jobs are based in Port Chester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Chester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port Chester

6,762 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Port Chester residents hold

11,910 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−8%

Jobs based in Port Chester, 2013 → 2023: 7,348 → 6,762. 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.