Most of Brewster Heights commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Brewster Heights report 28 jobs; 486 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Brewster Heights for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (24%, 54 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 36 minutes, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brewster Heights and work: the main findings
Brewster Heights’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Brewster Heights is New York City, 54 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (119) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Brewster Heights is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Brewster Heights, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brewster Heights has about 740 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 486 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Brewster Heights to work
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.
A workday in Brewster Heights: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 484 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Brewster Heights on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer 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.
Where Brewster Heights’ working residents head each day
Where Brewster Heights clocks in
24% of workers
4% 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.
Making and building: 86% of jobs based in Brewster Heights
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brewster Heights, 2014 → 2024: 13 → 28. 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 Brewster Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 36 minutes each way for Brewster Heights’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brewster Heights workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 472 commuters (the 16% 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.
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 Brewster Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Brewster Heights?
$144,485 (±$34,400) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brewster Heights?
7.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brewster Heights?
36 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brewster Heights work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (24%, 54 mi), Southeast (13%, 1 mi), Danbury (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Brewster Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brewster Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brewster Heights
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.