Work & commute · Roxbury

Work & commute in Roxbury, NY

Most working residents leave Roxbury for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are New York (9%), Middletown (8%) and Stamford (6%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

118 of 675 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 557 Roxbury residents head out of town to work, 118 work right here, and 371 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roxbury.

557live here, work elsewhere

118live and work here

371work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roxbury goes to work

Roxbury (in town)right here

17%118

New York118.3 mi away

9%61

Middletown12 mi away

8%52

Stamford7.2 mi away

6%39

Albany44.3 mi away

4%28

Colonie47.7 mi away

3%20

Delhi19.7 mi away

2%15

Windham15.9 mi away

2%14

Utica64.5 mi away

2%12

Harpersfield12.8 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%304

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

How far

How far Roxbury commutes

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

25%

20%

18%

37%

25%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roxbury is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roxbury are

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

Jobs based in Roxbury

489 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Roxbury residents hold

675 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+33%

Jobs based in Roxbury, 2013 → 2023: 368 → 489. 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.