Photo: Alexisrael · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Congers
For 21% of workers, the job is at home (New York 15%). Only 5% work in Congers; the top destination outside it is New York City (25%, 34 miles). The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Congers: the gist
Congers’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Congers is New York City, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (1,048) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Congers makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Congers are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Congers residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 10%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Congers are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 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.
How far Congers goes to work
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.
Making and building: 48% of jobs based in Congers
3,128 jobs are based in Congers.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Congers, 2013 → 2023: 2,833 → 3,128. 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 Congers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Congers
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Congers workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,100 commuters (the 21% 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.
Who works in Congers, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,918 residents head out to work, 212 work right here, and 2,916 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Congers on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 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.
Where Congers’ working residents head each day
Where Congers clocks in
25% of workers
23% of workers
8% 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.
Next door to Congers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Congers workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congers | – | — | — | 28 min | $147,000 |
| Valley Cottage | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| New City | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Bardonia | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Valley Cottage, New City and Bardonia: 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 Congers’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 Congers: questions
What is the median household income in Congers?
$147,000 (±$11,906) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Congers?
5.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Congers?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Congers work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (25%, 34 mi), Clarkstown (23%, 1 mi), Orangetown (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Congers without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Congers, from the people who make the trip.
More of Congers
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.