Work & commute · Westfall

Work & commute in Westfall, PA

Most working residents leave Westfall for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Port Jervis (6%), Milford (6%) and Wallkill (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 964 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 881 Westfall residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 1,260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westfall.

881live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

1,260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westfall goes to work

Westfall (in town)right here

9%83

Port Jervis, NY4.2 mi away

6%62

Milford4.7 mi away

6%62

Wallkill, NY20.4 mi away

5%44

New York, NY66.3 mi away

3%30

Goshen, NY21.6 mi away

3%30

Milford3.8 mi away

3%29

Matamoras4 mi away

2%24

Deerpark, NY6.3 mi away

2%20

Wawayanda, NY15.7 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%563

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

How far

How far Westfall commutes

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

32%

22%

16%

30%

32%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westfall is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westfall are

1,343 jobs are based in Westfall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westfall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westfall

1,343 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Westfall residents hold

964 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+50%

Jobs based in Westfall, 2013 → 2023: 897 → 1,343. 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.