A job hub: Airmont has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 6,469 people come in to work
Jobs and income earn Airmont B+; getting around on foot earns it A. Airmont has 6,701 jobs; 3,285 of its residents have a job. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 79.0 in New York City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Airmont stands out on work
Jobs in Airmont have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Airmont went from 3,186 in 2014 to 6,701 in 2024, +110%. The jobs ↓
Airmont and Ramapo trade workers both ways
Ramapo is the top workplace for Airmont residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Airmont come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Airmont is where the jobs are
Airmont has 6,701 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Airmont
60% of Airmont residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Airmont pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Airmont are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Airmont
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Airmont is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #282 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Airmont’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Airmont could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Most jobs in Airmont are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Airmont, 2014 → 2024: 3,186 → 6,701. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Airmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Airmont’s workers come from
Where Airmont clocks in
34% of workers
19% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Airmont by day and by night
On a workday 3,053 residents head out to work and 232 work right here.
About 14,000 people are in Airmont on a workday afternoon, 32% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Airmont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Airmont workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,116 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Airmont’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Airmont, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Airmont is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #198 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Airmont near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,499 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 28% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.7% of Airmont households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Airmont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Airmont places 1,261st of 2,878 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Hastings-on-Hudson NY | 8,440 | $194K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,259 | Finneytown OH | 12,506 | $83K | 8.9% | 4.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,260 | Summit WA | 8,791 | $107K | 7.4% | 7.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,261 | Airmont NY | 10,634 | $95K | 12.5% | 5.1% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,262 | Argentine Township MI | 7,021 | $99K | 4.8% | 5.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,263 | Lloyd NY | 11,143 | $92K | 5.4% | 5.7% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Airmont, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Airmont and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Airmont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airmont | – | B+ | A | 27 min | $94,972 |
| Chestnut Ridge | under 2% | A− | A− | 27 min | $111,725 |
| Monsey | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Montebello | under 2% | A− | A− | 34 min | $133,750 |
| Viola | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Suffern | under 2% | A− | A− | 29 min | $104,607 |
Same-state neighbors only. Monsey and Viola: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Airmont’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Airmont: questions
What is the median household income in Airmont?
$94,972 (±$18,499) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Airmont?
12.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Airmont?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Airmont work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ramapo (34%, 3 mi), New York City (19%, 31 mi), Clarkstown (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Airmont walkable?
Airmont is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Airmont without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Airmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Airmont
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.