Work & commute · Rockland

Work & commute in Rockland, NY

Most working residents leave Rockland for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Thompson (12%) and Liberty (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

256 of 1,346 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,090 Rockland residents head out of town to work, 256 work right here, and 393 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockland.

1,090live here, work elsewhere

256live and work here

393work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockland goes to work

Rockland (in town)right here

19%256

New York100.1 mi away

13%174

Thompson22.6 mi away

12%157

Liberty10.6 mi away

7%98

Fallsburg18.3 mi away

5%70

Callicoon11.2 mi away

3%40

Delaware18 mi away

3%40

Wallkill38.4 mi away

2%25

Colchester10 mi away

2%22

Albany70.1 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%446

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

How far

How far Rockland commutes

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

26%

29%

11%

34%

26%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockland is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockland are

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

Jobs based in Rockland

649 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Rockland residents hold

1,346 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+42%

Jobs based in Rockland, 2013 → 2023: 458 → 649. 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.