Work & commute · Matamoras

Work & commute in Matamoras, PA

Most working residents leave Matamoras for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Port Jervis (8%), Wallkill (7%) and Westfall (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74 of 1,099 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,025 Matamoras residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Matamoras.

1,025live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Matamoras goes to work

Port Jervis, NY0.9 mi away

8%92

Matamoras (in town)right here

7%74

Wallkill, NY17.7 mi away

7%73

Westfall4 mi away

6%63

Milford6 mi away

6%62

Milford7.1 mi away

3%38

New York, NY62.8 mi away

3%30

Thompson, NY19.4 mi away

3%29

Goshen, NY18 mi away

2%26

Deerpark, NY5.5 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%589

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

How far

How far Matamoras commutes

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

35%

23%

13%

29%

35%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Matamoras is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Matamoras are

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

Jobs based in Matamoras

326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Matamoras residents hold

1,099 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+35%

Jobs based in Matamoras, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 326. 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.