Work & commute · West Haverstraw

Work & commute in West Haverstraw, NY

Most working residents leave West Haverstraw for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Clarkstown (19%), New York (18%) and Haverstraw (12%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

168 of 4,449 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,281 West Haverstraw residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 2,264 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Haverstraw.

4,281live here, work elsewhere

168live and work here

2,264work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Haverstraw goes to work

Clarkstown5 mi away

19%864

New York37.6 mi away

18%796

Haverstraw2.8 mi away

12%518

Ramapo7.6 mi away

10%465

Orangetown10.7 mi away

8%334

Stony Point3.3 mi away

3%148

Greenburgh14.3 mi away

2%73

Mount Pleasant11 mi away

1%60

White Plains17.5 mi away

1%57

Cortlandt5.2 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,106

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

How far

How far West Haverstraw commutes

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

48%

23%

48%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Haverstraw is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Haverstraw are

2,432 jobs are based in West Haverstraw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Haverstraw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Haverstraw

2,432 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs West Haverstraw residents hold

4,449 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+25%

Jobs based in West Haverstraw, 2013 → 2023: 1,952 → 2,432. 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.