Work & commute · Tusten

Work & commute in Tusten, NY

Most working residents leave Tusten for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Thompson (12%), New York (11%) and Delaware (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

59 of 520 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 461 Tusten residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tusten.

461live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tusten goes to work

Thompson17.3 mi away

12%63

Tusten (in town)right here

11%59

New York83.4 mi away

11%55

Delaware12.8 mi away

8%40

Liberty19.6 mi away

5%26

Fallsburg23.3 mi away

4%19

Lackawaxen, PA6.4 mi away

3%17

Callicoon18.7 mi away

3%16

Wallkill31.3 mi away

2%9

Highland5.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%207

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

How far

How far Tusten commutes

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

18%

36%

10%

37%

18%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tusten is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tusten are

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

Jobs based in Tusten

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Tusten residents hold

520 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+7%

Jobs based in Tusten, 2013 → 2023: 236 → 253. 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.