Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0About half of Inwood’s working residents commute to New York City
Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers (New York 15%). A typical one-way commute lasts 35 minutes, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26. There are 5,094 jobs in Inwood, against 4,576 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Inwood apart
Inwood trades workers with the towns around it
Inwood has about as many jobs (5,094) as working residents (4,576), but they are mostly different people: 4,243 residents leave for work each day while 4,761 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Inwood are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Inwood are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 4,243 residents head out to work, 333 work right here, and 4,761 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 (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Inwood’s working residents head each day
Where Inwood clocks in
49% of workers
29% 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.
The kinds of work in Inwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Inwood, 2014 → 2024: 5,739 → 5,094. 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 Inwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Inwood: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Inwood workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,014 commuters (the 9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Inwood
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.
Inwood and its neighbors: 49% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Inwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inwood | – | — | — | 35 min | $94,342 |
| New York | 49% | B− | A+ | 40 min | $80,483 |
| Cedarhurst | under 1% | A− | A+ | 34 min | $101,572 |
| Lawrence | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 39 min | $170,000 |
| Woodmere | under 1% | — | — | 42 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodmere: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New York. Darker towns draw more of Inwood’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 Inwood: questions
What is the median household income in Inwood?
$94,342 (±$11,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Inwood?
14.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Inwood?
35 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Inwood work?
7% work in town.
Can you get around Inwood without a car?
17% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Inwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Inwood
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.