Lincolndale has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
180 jobs are based in Lincolndale; 664 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Lincolndale; the top destination outside it is New York City (30%, 48 miles). Working from home is the commute for 30% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Lincolndale stands out on work
Lincolndale is a place people come home to
There are 180 jobs based in Lincolndale, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lincolndale has about 840 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Lincolndale works in New York City
199 working residents, 30%, have their main job in New York City, 48 miles away. That’s far more as work in Lincolndale itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Lincolndale
30% of Lincolndale 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 664 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Lincolndale
On a workday 663 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Lincolndale on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Where people from Lincolndale work
Where Lincolndale clocks in
30% of workers
6% 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.
From Lincolndale, about 37 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lincolndale workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 583 commuters (the 30% 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.
A place that makes things: 47% of Lincolndale’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lincolndale, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 180. 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 Lincolndale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Lincolndale
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.
How Lincolndale compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lincolndale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolndale | – | — | — | 37 min | $234,417 |
| Shenorock | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Shenorock: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lincolndale’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 Lincolndale: questions
What is the median household income in Lincolndale?
$234,417 (±$29,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lincolndale?
0.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lincolndale?
37 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lincolndale work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (30%, 48 mi), Somers (6%, 2 mi), Greenburgh (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lincolndale without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lincolndale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lincolndale
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.