Most of Mount Ivy commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Mount Ivy has 639 jobs for 2,993 working residents. Only 2% work in Mount Ivy; the top destination outside it is New York City (19%, 37 miles). Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average, 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
Mount Ivy and work: the main findings
Mount Ivy’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mount Ivy is New York City, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (576) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Mount Ivy than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mount Ivy fell from 1,099 in 2013 to 639 in 2023, −42%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Mount Ivy is a place people come home to
There are 639 jobs based in Mount Ivy, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Ivy has about 5,800 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Mount Ivy are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York 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.
Where in the region Mount Ivy works
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.
The kinds of work in Mount Ivy
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Ivy, 2013 → 2023: 1,099 → 639. 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 Mount Ivy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Mount Ivy: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,943 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 589 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in Mount Ivy on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
How long Mount Ivy spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Ivy workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,453 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where Mount Ivy’s working residents head each day
Where Mount Ivy clocks in
19% of workers
16% of workers
15% 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.
16% of Mount Ivy works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Ivy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ivy | – | — | — | 28 min | $83,778 |
| Pomona | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 35 min | $156,000 |
| Thiells | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Ramapo | 16% | B− | A | 26 min | $82,463 |
Same-state neighbors only. Thiells: 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 Ramapo. Darker towns draw more of Mount Ivy’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 Mount Ivy: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Ivy?
$83,778 (±$18,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Ivy?
17.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Ivy?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Ivy work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (19%, 37 mi), Ramapo (16%, 5 mi), Clarkstown (15%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Ivy without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Ivy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Ivy
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.