Photo: KForce · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in New City
10,109 jobs are based in New City, against 15,801 working residents. About one in ten work in New City; the top destination outside it is New York City (29%, 34 miles). Commuters spend 36 minutes getting to work on average; the New York average is 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in New City: the figures worth knowing
A longer commute than the towns next door
New City averages 36 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (23 to 31 minutes). Next door ↓
Nearly all the work in New City is services
88% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
29% of New City works in New York City
4,558 working residents, 29%, have their main job in New York City, 34 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in New City itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in New City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New City, 2014 → 2024: 9,962 → 10,109. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where New City goes to work
Where New City clocks in
29% of workers
21% of workers
8% 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.
New City quiets down on a workday
On a workday 14,093 residents head out to work, 1,708 work right here, and 8,401 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29,000 people are in New City on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.64 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 2024, primary jobs.
New City’s commute takes about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New City workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,277 commuters (the 17% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from New City
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work next door: 10% of New City’s workers
The biggest share goes to Ramapo (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New City | – | — | — | 36 min | $173,046 |
| Nanuet | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Bardonia | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Congers | under 1% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Haverstraw | 2% | B | A | 30 min | $89,107 |
| Ramapo | 8% | B− | A | 26 min | $82,463 |
| Haverstraw | under 1% | C+ | A+ | 29 min | $75,167 |
| Hillcrest | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nanuet, Bardonia, Congers and Hillcrest: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New City’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 2024, 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 New City: questions
What is the median household income in New City?
$173,046 (±$12,542) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New City?
4.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New City?
36 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New City work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (29%, 34 mi), Clarkstown (21%, 2 mi), Ramapo (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around New City without a car?
8% 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 New City, from the people who make the trip.
More of New City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.