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Work & commute · Wawayanda

Work & commute in Wawayanda, NY

Most working residents leave Wawayanda for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Wallkill (14%), New York (13%) and Goshen (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
281 of 3,347 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
34 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,066 Wawayanda residents head out of town to work, 281 work right here, and 2,172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wawayanda.

3,066live here, work elsewhere
281live and work here
2,172work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wawayanda goes to work

NewburghMiddletownNew YorkMinisinkWarwickChesterGoshenWallkillWawayandaGreenvilleMontgomeryThompsonMount HopeRamapoWallkillNew YorkGoshenMiddletownWarwickChesterThompsonNewburghRamapoWawayanda
1
Wallkill8.1 mi away
14%463
2
New York56.9 mi away
13%422
3
Goshen5.9 mi away
9%295
4
Wawayanda (in town)right here
8%281
5
Middletown4.9 mi away
7%223
6
Warwick10.2 mi away
3%100
7
Chester10.5 mi away
3%85
8
Thompson21.2 mi away
2%68
9
Newburgh24.6 mi away
2%60
10
Ramapo25.2 mi away
2%56
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%1,294

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

How far

How far Wawayanda commutes

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

41%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wawayanda is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wawayanda are

2,453 jobs are based in Wawayanda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wawayanda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wawayanda

2,453 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Wawayanda residents hold

3,347 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−2%

Jobs based in Wawayanda, 2013 → 2023: 2,496 → 2,453. 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.

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