Work & commute · Tappan

Work & commute in Tappan, NY

Most working residents leave Tappan for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New York (29%), Orangetown (18%) and Clarkstown (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

91 of 2,972 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,881 Tappan residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 2,136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tappan.

2,881live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

2,136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tappan goes to work

New York25.1 mi away

29%849

Orangetown2 mi away

18%530

Clarkstown7.5 mi away

8%250

Ramapo11.3 mi away

5%148

Greenburgh5.7 mi away

2%55

Yonkers7 mi away

2%49

Northvale, NJ0.8 mi away

2%46

Mount Pleasant9.3 mi away

1%44

Hempstead32.4 mi away

1%34

White Plains10.4 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%934

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

How far

How far Tappan commutes

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

45%

40%

10%

45%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tappan is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tappan are

2,227 jobs are based in Tappan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tappan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tappan

2,227 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Tappan residents hold

2,972 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+30%

Jobs based in Tappan, 2013 → 2023: 1,714 → 2,227. 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.