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 4.0Most of Hillcrest commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
729 jobs are based in Hillcrest, and 3,380 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Hillcrest; the top destination outside it is Ramapo (23%, 4 miles). The average commute takes 30 minutes each way, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hillcrest and work: the main findings
Hillcrest’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hillcrest is New York City, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (674) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hillcrest is a place people come home to
There are 729 jobs based in Hillcrest, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hillcrest has about 6,400 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Hillcrest than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hillcrest fell from 984 in 2013 to 729 in 2023, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 it is to work from Hillcrest
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.
Who commutes out of Hillcrest, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,295 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 644 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Hillcrest on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Hillcrest
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hillcrest, 2013 → 2023: 984 → 729. 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 Hillcrest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Hillcrest’s working residents head each day
Where Hillcrest clocks in
23% of workers
20% of workers
15% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Hillcrest
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hillcrest workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,181 commuters (the 6% 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.
Work next door: 15% of Hillcrest’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hillcrest workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest | – | — | — | 30 min | $141,743 |
| New Hempstead | under 1% | B+ | B | 29 min | $126,165 |
| Spring Valley | under 1% | C+ | A+ | 24 min | $57,196 |
| New Square | under 1% | C− | A | 13 min | $31,443 |
| Clarkstown | 15% | A− | A | 32 min | $136,883 |
| New City | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Nanuet | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. New City 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 Clarkstown. Darker towns draw more of Hillcrest’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 Hillcrest: questions
What is the median household income in Hillcrest?
$141,743 (±$12,823) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hillcrest?
14.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hillcrest?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hillcrest work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ramapo (23%, 4 mi), New York City (20%, 33 mi), Clarkstown (15%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hillcrest without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hillcrest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hillcrest
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.