Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Forestburgh has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Forestburgh report 98 jobs; 358 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 31 minutes each way; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26. 23% of workers work from home, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Forestburgh apart on work
Forestburgh and Thompson trade workers both ways
Thompson is the top workplace for Forestburgh residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Forestburgh come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Forestburgh is a place people come home to
There are 98 jobs based in Forestburgh, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Forestburgh has about 560 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Forestburgh works from home
23% of Forestburgh workers work from home, against 15% across New York. 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; with 358 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
18% of working residents work in Thompson
Where Forestburgh clocks in
18% of workers
12% 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.
Forestburgh quiets down on a workday
On a workday 331 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Forestburgh on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Forestburgh
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Forestburgh workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 359 commuters (the 23% 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 Forestburgh’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Forestburgh, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 98. 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 Forestburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Forestburgh
About 29% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bordering towns draw 18% of Forestburgh’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Forestburgh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forestburgh | – | — | — | 31 min | $133,438 |
| Lumberland | under 2% | B− | C | 35 min | $102,957 |
| Thompson | 18% | C− | A | 25 min | $65,021 |
| Mamakating | under 2% | C+ | C | 34 min | $90,631 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Thompson. Darker towns draw more of Forestburgh’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 Forestburgh: questions
What is the median household income in Forestburgh?
$133,438 (±$42,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Forestburgh?
3.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Forestburgh?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Forestburgh work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thompson (18%, 6 mi), New York City (12%, 74 mi), Goshen (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Forestburgh without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Forestburgh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Forestburgh
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.