About half of Monsey’s working residents commute to Ramapo
6,975 jobs are based in Monsey, against 8,014 working residents. About one in seven work in Monsey itself; outside it, Ramapo draws the most (45%, 3 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Monsey apart
Jobs in Monsey have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Monsey went from 3,096 in 2013 to 6,975 in 2023, +125%. The jobs ↓
Monsey trades workers with the towns around it
Monsey has about as many jobs (6,975) as working residents (8,014), but they are mostly different people: 6,728 residents leave for work each day while 5,689 people come in. Only 18% of the jobs in Monsey are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Monsey are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Monsey’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Monsey is New York City, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (1,661) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A young workforce
33% of Monsey’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. 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.
The kinds of work in Monsey
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monsey, 2013 → 2023: 3,096 → 6,975. 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 Monsey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Monsey for work, and who comes in
On a workday 6,728 residents head out to work, 1,286 work right here, and 5,689 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 (0.87 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 22 minutes each way for Monsey’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monsey workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,194 commuters (the 11% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Monsey
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.
Where Monsey’s working residents head each day
Where Monsey clocks in
45% of workers
21% 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.
Monsey and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monsey workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monsey | – | — | — | 22 min | $47,629 |
| Spring Valley | under 1% | C+ | A+ | 24 min | $57,196 |
| Viola | under 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Airmont | under 1% | B+ | A | 27 min | $94,972 |
| New Hempstead | under 1% | B+ | B | 29 min | $126,165 |
| Chestnut Ridge | under 1% | A− | A− | 27 min | $111,725 |
Same-state neighbors only. Viola: 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 Monsey’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 Monsey: questions
What is the median household income in Monsey?
$47,629 (±$6,267) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monsey?
49.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monsey?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monsey work?
16% work in town.
Can you get around Monsey without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 27% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monsey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monsey
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.