Work & commute · Wawarsing

Work & commute in Wawarsing, NY

Most working residents leave Wawarsing for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Wallkill (5%) and Kingston (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

778 of 4,286 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,508 Wawarsing residents head out of town to work, 778 work right here, and 2,509 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wawarsing.

3,508live here, work elsewhere

778live and work here

2,509work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wawarsing goes to work

Wawarsing (in town)right here

18%778

New York79 mi away

14%591

Wallkill17.8 mi away

5%211

Kingston25.2 mi away

4%167

Thompson15 mi away

4%166

Fallsburg9.5 mi away

3%135

Rochester8.9 mi away

3%119

Montgomery17.9 mi away

2%95

New Paltz17.1 mi away

2%80

Middletown20.9 mi away

1%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,880

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

How far

How far Wawarsing commutes

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

22%

31%

15%

32%

22%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wawarsing is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wawarsing are

3,287 jobs are based in Wawarsing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wawarsing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wawarsing

3,287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Wawarsing residents hold

4,286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+12%

Jobs based in Wawarsing, 2013 → 2023: 2,923 → 3,287. 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.