Household incomes in Briarcliff Manor are among the highest of any U.S. town
The two grades for Briarcliff Manor are A for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Briarcliff Manor is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Below the poverty line: 7.1% of residents, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Briarcliff Manor, in brief
Home offices are common in Briarcliff Manor
28% of Briarcliff Manor workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
One in three of Briarcliff Manor works in New York City
1,032 working residents, 35%, have their main job in New York City, 33 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Briarcliff Manor itself. The commute map ↓
Three in four Briarcliff Manor workers earn over $40,000 a year
78% of Briarcliff Manor’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Briarcliff Manor’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Briarcliff Manor is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #47 of 758 in New York. Household income is its strongest input ($229,732, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Briarcliff Manor could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The trip to work from Briarcliff Manor: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Briarcliff Manor workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,785 commuters (the 28% 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.
35% of working residents work in New York City
Where Briarcliff Manor clocks in
35% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
2,068 jobs are based in Briarcliff Manor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Briarcliff Manor, 2014 → 2024: 2,535 → 2,068. 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 Briarcliff Manor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Briarcliff Manor, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,837 residents head out to work, 129 work right here, and 1,939 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Briarcliff Manor on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 distance from Briarcliff Manor 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Briarcliff Manor
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Briarcliff Manor is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #93 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Briarcliff Manor 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 3,851 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 52% 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 7.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% 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). 12.3% of Briarcliff Manor households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 24% of Briarcliff Manor’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Briarcliff Manor ranks: 279th of 3,125 U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 277 | Grosse Pointe MI | 5,490 | $159K | 2.8% | 4.3% | 5% | A |
| 278 | Wyoming MN | 8,121 | $108K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 6% | A |
| 279 | Briarcliff Manor NY | 7,481 | $230K | 7.1% | 3.1% | 4% | A |
| 280 | Belterra TX | 6,978 | $220K | 1.5% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| 281 | Sutton MA | 9,662 | $147K | 5.8% | 2.5% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,125 | 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 Briarcliff Manor, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 13% of Briarcliff Manor
The biggest share goes to Mount Pleasant (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Briarcliff Manor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briarcliff Manor | – | A | A+ | 37 min | $229,732 |
| Ossining | 6% | A− | A+ | 37 min | $125,539 |
| Mount Pleasant | 7% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $142,857 |
| Ossining | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 36 min | $103,573 |
| Clarkstown | under 2% | A− | A | 32 min | $136,883 |
| Upper Nyack | under 2% | B+ | A− | 39 min | $188,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Briarcliff Manor’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 Briarcliff Manor: questions
What is the median household income in Briarcliff Manor?
$229,732 (±$55,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Briarcliff Manor?
7.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Briarcliff Manor?
37 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Briarcliff Manor work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (35%, 33 mi), Mount Pleasant (7%, 2 mi), Ossining (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Briarcliff Manor walkable?
Briarcliff Manor is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 26% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Briarcliff Manor without a car?
24% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Briarcliff Manor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Briarcliff Manor
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.