Work & commute · White Plains

Work & commute in White Plains, NY

Most working residents leave White Plains for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are New York (37%), Greenburgh (7%) and Mount Pleasant (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

3,691 of 25,982 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,291 White Plains residents head out of town to work, 3,691 work right here, and 35,432 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Plains.

22,291live here, work elsewhere

3,691live and work here

35,432work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Plains goes to work

New York26.8 mi away

37%9,663

White Plains (in town)right here

14%3,691

Greenburgh4.8 mi away

7%1,726

Mount Pleasant7 mi away

4%1,023

Yonkers8.1 mi away

3%860

Harrison1.7 mi away

3%783

Rye3.5 mi away

2%473

North Castle8.4 mi away

2%461

Stamford, CT11.4 mi away

2%452

New Rochelle7.1 mi away

2%394

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%6,456

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

How far

How far White Plains commutes

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

43%

44%

10%

43%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Plains is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Plains are

39,123 jobs are based in White Plains. Here is what they are, next to the jobs White Plains’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in White Plains

39,123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs White Plains residents hold

25,982 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−21%

Jobs based in White Plains, 2013 → 2023: 49,726 → 39,123. 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.