Work & commute · Southeast

Work & commute in Southeast, NY

Most working residents leave Southeast for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New York (24%), Carmel (5%) and Danbury (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,026 of 8,087 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,061 Southeast residents head out of town to work, 1,026 work right here, and 6,841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southeast.

7,061live here, work elsewhere

1,026live and work here

6,841work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southeast goes to work

New York54.4 mi away

24%1,953

Southeast (in town)right here

13%1,026

Carmel6.5 mi away

5%365

Danbury, CT6.4 mi away

4%307

Mount Pleasant23.3 mi away

3%203

Greenburgh29 mi away

2%177

North Salem5.2 mi away

2%175

White Plains27.7 mi away

2%170

Patterson5.3 mi away

2%163

Yorktown14.8 mi away

2%132

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,416

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

How far

How far Southeast commutes

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

29%

20%

34%

17%

29%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southeast is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Southeast are

7,867 jobs are based in Southeast. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southeast’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southeast

7,867 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Southeast residents hold

8,087 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+16%

Jobs based in Southeast, 2013 → 2023: 6,803 → 7,867. 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.