Photo: Airtuna08 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Chestnut Ridge has higher household incomes than 85% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in Chestnut Ridge; the top destination outside it is Ramapo (33%, 5 miles). 8.1% of residents are in poverty; New York has 14.0%. Jobs and income earn Chestnut Ridge A−; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Chestnut Ridge: the gist
Chestnut Ridge trades workers with the towns around it
Chestnut Ridge has about as many jobs (3,896) as working residents (3,579), but they are mostly different people: 3,323 residents leave for work each day while 3,640 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Chestnut Ridge are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Chestnut Ridge works one town over
42% of working residents work in a town that borders Chestnut Ridge: Ramapo (33%), Clarkstown (6%) and Orangetown (3%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Chestnut Ridge 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Chestnut Ridge’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chestnut Ridge could be anywhere from B to A+.
A workday in Chestnut Ridge: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,323 residents head out to work, 256 work right here, and 3,640 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Chestnut Ridge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chestnut Ridge workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,835 commuters (the 18% 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.
Where the trip to work from Chestnut Ridge ends
Where Chestnut Ridge clocks in
33% of workers
21% 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.
Inside Chestnut Ridge’s 3,896 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chestnut Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 3,510 → 3,896. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chestnut Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Chestnut Ridge works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Chestnut Ridge
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chestnut Ridge is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #318 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,475 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 7.1% of Chestnut Ridge households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Chestnut Ridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
598th of 2,507: where Chestnut Ridge ranks among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Hastings-on-Hudson NY | 8,440 | $194K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 596 | New Hanover Township PA | 13,528 | $141K | 5.6% | 4.6% | 4% | A− |
| 597 | Halls TN | 10,272 | $91K | 8.0% | 1.6% | 4% | A− |
| 598 | Chestnut Ridge NY | 10,987 | $112K | 8.1% | 4.0% | 7% | A− |
| 599 | Hatboro PA | 8,593 | $113K | 4.4% | 5.6% | 4% | A− |
| 600 | Port Washington WI | 12,658 | $82K | 6.7% | 1.7% | 17% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Chestnut Ridge, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 42% of Chestnut Ridge
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chestnut Ridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Ridge | – | A− | A− | 27 min | $111,725 |
| Airmont | under 1% | B+ | A | 27 min | $94,972 |
| Ramapo | 33% | B− | A | 26 min | $82,463 |
| Monsey | under 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Pearl River | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Orangetown | 3% | A | A | 33 min | $145,007 |
| Nanuet | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Clarkstown | 6% | A− | A | 32 min | $136,883 |
| Spring Valley | under 1% | C+ | A+ | 24 min | $57,196 |
Same-state neighbors only. Monsey, Pearl River and Nanuet: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ramapo. Darker towns draw more of Chestnut Ridge’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 2023, 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 Chestnut Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Chestnut Ridge?
$111,725 (±$10,587) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chestnut Ridge?
8.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chestnut Ridge?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chestnut Ridge work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ramapo (33%, 5 mi), New York City (21%, 30 mi), Clarkstown (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chestnut Ridge walkable?
Chestnut Ridge is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chestnut Ridge without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chestnut Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chestnut Ridge
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.