Work & commute · Port Jervis

Work & commute in Port Jervis, NY

Most working residents leave Port Jervis for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are New York (15%), Wallkill (8%) and Westfall (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

574 of 3,608 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,034 Port Jervis residents head out of town to work, 574 work right here, and 1,950 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Jervis.

3,034live here, work elsewhere

574live and work here

1,950work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Jervis goes to work

Port Jervis (in town)right here

16%574

New York63.1 mi away

15%530

Wallkill16.9 mi away

8%271

Westfall, PA4.2 mi away

5%165

Deerpark4.7 mi away

4%142

Goshen17.5 mi away

3%125

Thompson18.6 mi away

3%118

Middletown14.6 mi away

3%95

Greenville4.8 mi away

2%63

Ramapo34.6 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,469

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

How far

How far Port Jervis commutes

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

30%

23%

15%

32%

30%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Jervis is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Jervis are

2,524 jobs are based in Port Jervis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Jervis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port Jervis

2,524 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Port Jervis residents hold

3,608 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+6%

Jobs based in Port Jervis, 2013 → 2023: 2,388 → 2,524. 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.