Work & commute · Putnam Valley

Work & commute in Putnam Valley, NY

Most working residents leave Putnam Valley for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (25%), Yorktown (7%) and Cortlandt (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

352 of 5,392 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,040 Putnam Valley residents head out of town to work, 352 work right here, and 808 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Putnam Valley.

5,040live here, work elsewhere

352live and work here

808work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Putnam Valley goes to work

New York50.9 mi away

25%1,353

Yorktown8.7 mi away

7%353

Putnam Valley (in town)right here

7%352

Cortlandt10.6 mi away

5%295

Mount Pleasant19.6 mi away

5%261

Carmel6.1 mi away

4%214

Peekskill8.6 mi away

3%154

Greenburgh25.3 mi away

3%143

White Plains26.1 mi away

2%129

Yonkers31.1 mi away

2%107

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,031

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

How far

How far Putnam Valley commutes

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

25%

28%

38%

25%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Putnam Valley is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Putnam Valley are

1,160 jobs are based in Putnam Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Putnam Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Putnam Valley

1,160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Putnam Valley residents hold

5,392 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+9%

Jobs based in Putnam Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1,068 → 1,160. 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.