Work & commute · Wallkill

Work & commute in Wallkill, NY

About one in 5 of Wallkill’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Goshen (6%) and Middletown (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

2,835 of 13,082 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,247 Wallkill residents head out of town to work, 2,835 work right here, and 19,813 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wallkill.

10,247live here, work elsewhere

2,835live and work here

19,813work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wallkill goes to work

Wallkill (in town)right here

22%2,835

New York62 mi away

16%2,103

Goshen7.8 mi away

6%838

Middletown3.3 mi away

6%805

Montgomery10.5 mi away

3%412

Thompson18 mi away

2%273

Chester12.7 mi away

2%266

Ramapo28.6 mi away

2%223

Newburgh18.4 mi away

2%217

Warwick16 mi away

1%195

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%4,915

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

How far

How far Wallkill commutes

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

39%

18%

15%

28%

39%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wallkill is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wallkill are

22,648 jobs are based in Wallkill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wallkill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wallkill

22,648 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Wallkill residents hold

13,082 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+15%

Jobs based in Wallkill, 2013 → 2023: 19,644 → 22,648. 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.