With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Brewster Hill works elsewhere
1% of workers work from home (New York 15%). Brewster Hill has 82 jobs, against 944 working residents. Hardly any stay in Brewster Hill for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (23%, 55 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brewster Hill at work: what stands out
Brewster Hill’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Brewster Hill is New York City, 55 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (216) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Brewster Hill is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in Brewster Hill, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brewster Hill has about 1,300 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Brewster Hill workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 944 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many miles Brewster Hill commutes
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Brewster Hill on a workday afternoon
On a workday 939 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Brewster Hill on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
The daily trip from Brewster Hill: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brewster Hill workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 981 commuters (the 1% 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.
The places Brewster Hill commutes to
Where Brewster Hill clocks in
23% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Brewster Hill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brewster Hill, 2014 → 2024: 83 → 82. 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 Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Brewster Hill?
$107,875 (±$29,712) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brewster Hill?
16.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brewster Hill?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brewster Hill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (23%, 55 mi), Southeast (14%, 1 mi), Carmel (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Brewster Hill without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brewster Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brewster Hill
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.