Work & commute · Thomaston

Work & commute in Thomaston, NY

Most working residents leave Thomaston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New York (62%), North Hempstead (17%) and Hempstead (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 1,118 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,107 Thomaston residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 672 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thomaston.

1,107live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

672work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thomaston goes to work

New York14.5 mi away

62%693

North Hempstead2.2 mi away

17%185

Hempstead12 mi away

7%76

Oyster Bay10.7 mi away

3%36

Huntington18.9 mi away

1%14

Islip27.6 mi away

1%12

Brookhaven39.8 mi away

1%6

Harrison16.3 mi away

0%5

Jersey City, NJ19 mi away

0%4

Albany129.8 mi away

0%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%83

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

How far

How far Thomaston commutes

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

41%

54%

41%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thomaston is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thomaston are

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

Jobs based in Thomaston

683 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Thomaston residents hold

1,118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−11%

Jobs based in Thomaston, 2013 → 2023: 769 → 683. 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.