Work & commute · Rye

Work & commute in Rye, NY

Most working residents leave Rye for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New York (33%), Greenwich (6%) and White Plains (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

2,400 of 18,878 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,478 Rye residents head out of town to work, 2,400 work right here, and 12,541 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rye.

16,478live here, work elsewhere

2,400live and work here

12,541work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rye goes to work

New York27.1 mi away

33%6,311

Rye (in town)right here

13%2,400

Greenwich, CT3.9 mi away

6%1,067

White Plains3.5 mi away

4%798

Stamford, CT9 mi away

4%735

Harrison2.1 mi away

4%690

Rye4.1 mi away

3%599

Greenburgh8.2 mi away

3%599

Mamaroneck6.6 mi away

3%474

Yonkers10.3 mi away

2%408

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%4,797

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

How far

How far Rye commutes

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

45%

40%

12%

45%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rye is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rye are

14,941 jobs are based in Rye. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rye’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rye

14,941 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Rye residents hold

18,878 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−3%

Jobs based in Rye, 2013 → 2023: 15,356 → 14,941. 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.