Work & commute · Ramapo

Work & commute in Ramapo, NY

About one in 3 of Ramapo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (20%), Clarkstown (8%) and Orangetown (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

17,333 of 51,360 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 34,027 Ramapo residents head out of town to work, 17,333 work right here, and 29,017 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ramapo.

34,027live here, work elsewhere

17,333live and work here

29,017work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ramapo goes to work

Ramapo (in town)right here

34%17,333

New York34.2 mi away

20%10,209

Clarkstown7.3 mi away

8%3,928

Orangetown10.1 mi away

3%1,733

Palm Tree14.1 mi away

2%1,006

Haverstraw5.4 mi away

1%521

Mahwah, NJ5.7 mi away

1%518

Hempstead43.6 mi away

1%512

Greenburgh15.7 mi away

1%503

Ramsey, NJ5.9 mi away

1%403

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%14,694

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

How far

How far Ramapo commutes

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

49%

22%

49%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ramapo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ramapo are

46,350 jobs are based in Ramapo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ramapo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ramapo

46,350 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ramapo residents hold

51,360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+49%

Jobs based in Ramapo, 2013 → 2023: 31,167 → 46,350. 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.