Work & commute · Rye

Work & commute in Rye, NY

Most working residents leave Rye for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (47%), Greenwich (3%) and Harrison (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

547 of 5,576 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,029 Rye residents head out of town to work, 547 work right here, and 7,463 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rye.

5,029live here, work elsewhere

547live and work here

7,463work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rye goes to work

New York23.7 mi away

47%2,621

Rye (in town)right here

10%547

Greenwich, CT7.3 mi away

3%181

Harrison5.5 mi away

3%177

Stamford, CT11.7 mi away

3%165

White Plains6.3 mi away

3%147

Rye4.1 mi away

3%143

Greenburgh9.9 mi away

2%90

North Hempstead9.9 mi away

2%88

Mamaroneck3.5 mi away

1%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,343

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.

30%

56%

30%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rye is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rye are

8,010 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

8,010 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Rye residents hold

5,576 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+12%

Jobs based in Rye, 2013 → 2023: 7,157 → 8,010. 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.