Work & commute · Scarsdale

Work & commute in Scarsdale, NY

Most working residents leave Scarsdale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (53%), Greenburgh (3%) and White Plains (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

303 of 5,909 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,606 Scarsdale residents head out of town to work, 303 work right here, and 3,131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scarsdale.

5,606live here, work elsewhere

303live and work here

3,131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scarsdale goes to work

New York24.4 mi away

53%3,127

Scarsdale (in town)right here

5%303

Greenburgh4.2 mi away

3%203

White Plains2.5 mi away

3%194

Harrison3.7 mi away

2%115

Greenwich, CT8.3 mi away

2%114

Stamford, CT13.4 mi away

2%111

Yonkers5.7 mi away

2%111

Eastchester3.4 mi away

2%95

Mount Pleasant8.4 mi away

1%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,452

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

How far

How far Scarsdale commutes

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

27%

60%

27%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scarsdale is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scarsdale are

3,434 jobs are based in Scarsdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scarsdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scarsdale

3,434 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Scarsdale residents hold

5,909 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

−14%

Jobs based in Scarsdale, 2013 → 2023: 3,974 → 3,434. 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.