Work & commute · Spring Valley

Work & commute in Spring Valley, NY

Most working residents leave Spring Valley for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Ramapo (28%), New York (21%) and Clarkstown (12%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,253 of 12,911 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,658 Spring Valley residents head out of town to work, 1,253 work right here, and 8,336 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Valley.

11,658live here, work elsewhere

1,253live and work here

8,336work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Valley goes to work

Ramapo3.4 mi away

28%3,665

New York31.7 mi away

21%2,767

Clarkstown4.5 mi away

12%1,510

Orangetown6.7 mi away

5%644

Haverstraw6.1 mi away

1%193

Greenburgh12.2 mi away

1%167

Palm Tree16.7 mi away

1%161

Hempstead40.4 mi away

1%141

Mount Pleasant12.1 mi away

1%98

Yonkers15 mi away

1%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%3,473

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

How far

How far Spring Valley commutes

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

51%

21%

22%

51%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Valley is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Valley are

9,589 jobs are based in Spring Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spring Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spring Valley

9,589 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Spring Valley residents hold

12,911 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+64%

Jobs based in Spring Valley, 2013 → 2023: 5,850 → 9,589. 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.