Work & commute · Suffern

Work & commute in Suffern, NY

Most working residents leave Suffern for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Ramapo (21%), New York (18%) and Clarkstown (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

346 of 4,484 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,138 Suffern residents head out of town to work, 346 work right here, and 3,234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Suffern.

4,138live here, work elsewhere

346live and work here

3,234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Suffern goes to work

Ramapo2.7 mi away

21%925

New York32.8 mi away

18%812

Clarkstown9.3 mi away

9%419

Orangetown10.8 mi away

6%254

Mahwah, NJ3 mi away

3%152

Ramsey, NJ3.5 mi away

3%122

Paramus, NJ12 mi away

2%84

Greenburgh16.6 mi away

2%78

Haverstraw8.2 mi away

2%75

Mount Pleasant17 mi away

2%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,495

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

How far

How far Suffern commutes

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

44%

29%

21%

44%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Suffern is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Suffern are

3,580 jobs are based in Suffern. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Suffern’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Suffern

3,580 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Suffern residents hold

4,484 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+5%

Jobs based in Suffern, 2013 → 2023: 3,414 → 3,580. 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.