Photo: johnaac · CC BY 3.0Work and commuting in Mahopac
Mahopac has 3,106 jobs, against 4,197 working residents. About one in ten work in Mahopac itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (24%, 50 miles). Working residents average 43 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
The commute and the jobs: Mahopac in brief
Mahopac’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mahopac is New York City, 50 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (1,025) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Mahopac workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mahopac
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.
Each way, about 43 minutes from Mahopac
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mahopac workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,947 commuters (the 15% 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.
Mahopac quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,810 residents head out to work, 387 work right here, and 2,719 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,900 people are in Mahopac on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.74 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Mahopac goes to work
Where Mahopac clocks in
24% of workers
14% of workers
5% 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.
What Mahopac’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mahopac, 2013 → 2023: 3,097 → 3,106. 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 Mahopac’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mahopac and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Somers (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Mahopac’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 Mahopac: questions
What is the median household income in Mahopac?
$110,023 (±$13,012) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mahopac?
4.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mahopac?
43 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mahopac work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (24%, 50 mi), Carmel (14%, 2 mi), Yorktown (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mahopac without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mahopac, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mahopac
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.