Work & commute · Somers

Work & commute in Somers, NY

Most working residents leave Somers for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (30%), Yorktown (4%) and Greenburgh (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

648 of 9,170 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,522 Somers residents head out of town to work, 648 work right here, and 3,139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somers.

8,522live here, work elsewhere

648live and work here

3,139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somers goes to work

New York45.7 mi away

30%2,740

Somers (in town)right here

7%648

Yorktown5.5 mi away

4%357

Greenburgh20 mi away

4%338

Mount Pleasant14.1 mi away

4%324

White Plains19.4 mi away

3%307

Bedford6.2 mi away

3%248

Carmel5.7 mi away

2%225

Mount Kisco7.1 mi away

2%188

Yonkers25.9 mi away

2%168

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%3,627

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

How far

How far Somers commutes

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

21%

30%

41%

21%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somers is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Somers are

3,787 jobs are based in Somers. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Somers’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Somers

3,787 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Somers residents hold

9,170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−45%

Jobs based in Somers, 2013 → 2023: 6,931 → 3,787. 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.