Work & commute · Wurtsboro

Work & commute in Wurtsboro, NY

Most working residents leave Wurtsboro for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New York (12%), Wallkill (11%) and Thompson (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 466 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 458 Wurtsboro residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wurtsboro.

458live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wurtsboro goes to work

New York69.2 mi away

12%58

Wallkill7.4 mi away

11%49

Thompson11 mi away

8%35

Mamakating0.9 mi away

6%27

Goshen15 mi away

6%26

Middletown9.6 mi away

5%23

Montgomery14.5 mi away

5%22

Newburgh22.2 mi away

3%13

Crawford8.8 mi away

2%11

Liberty22.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%191

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

How far

How far Wurtsboro commutes

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

16%

46%

28%

16%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wurtsboro is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wurtsboro are

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

Jobs based in Wurtsboro

280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Wurtsboro residents hold

466 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+12%

Jobs based in Wurtsboro, 2013 → 2023: 250 → 280. 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.