Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Maybrook has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Maybrook report 804 jobs; 1,429 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Maybrook B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Maybrook, in a few figures
Stores, warehouses and trucking
83% of the jobs in Maybrook are in trade, transport and utilities, against 26% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Maybrook’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Maybrook is New York City, 59 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (221) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Maybrook has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Maybrook went from 542 in 2013 to 804 in 2023, +48%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Maybrook
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Maybrook is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #253 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Maybrook’s grade up (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($72,389, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maybrook could be anywhere from C to A.
67% of the jobs in Maybrook pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maybrook, 2013 → 2023: 542 → 804. 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 Maybrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Maybrook commutes less than 14 miles
About 25% 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.
Maybrook quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,406 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 781 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Maybrook on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
15% of working residents work in New York City
Where Maybrook clocks in
15% of workers
15% of workers
9% 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 31 minutes in Maybrook
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maybrook workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,548 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.
The commute in Maybrook is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maybrook is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #338 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,655 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 38% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.5% of Maybrook households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Maybrook’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Maybrook is 1,282nd among 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,280 | Montgomery MN | 3,539 | $79K | 5.8% | 3.0% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,281 | Goodview MN | 4,122 | $75K | 5.9% | 2.1% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,282 | Maybrook NY | 3,212 | $72K | 6.1% | 3.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,283 | Cohoctah Township MI | 3,185 | $86K | 5.4% | 3.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,284 | Buckeye Lake OH | 2,590 | $79K | 15.1% | 1.2% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Maybrook, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
15% of Maybrook works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maybrook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maybrook | – | B+ | B+ | 31 min | $72,389 |
| Hamptonburgh | under 2% | A− | B | 38 min | $122,250 |
| Montgomery | 15% | B | A− | 34 min | $92,939 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Montgomery. Darker towns draw more of Maybrook’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 Maybrook: questions
What is the median household income in Maybrook?
$72,389 (±$20,609) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maybrook?
6.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maybrook?
31 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 Maybrook work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (15%, 59 mi), Montgomery (15%, 4 mi), Wallkill (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maybrook walkable?
Maybrook is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maybrook without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maybrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maybrook
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.