Photo: Jondude11 · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Nyack (8.8%) than in 91% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Nyack is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. Nyack grades B+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 79.0 in New York City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Nyack: the gist
A lot of Nyack works one town over
29% of working residents work in a town that borders Nyack: Orangetown (15%), Clarkstown (12%) and Mount Pleasant (2%). Next door ↓
Nearly all the work in Nyack is services
85% 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 ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Nyack
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Nyack is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #229 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Nyack’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nyack could be anywhere from B to A.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Nyack
4,088 jobs are based in Nyack.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nyack, 2013 → 2023: 4,473 → 4,088. 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 Nyack’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Nyack
On a workday 3,041 residents head out to work, 307 work right here, and 3,781 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in Nyack on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 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.
28% of working residents work in New York City
Where Nyack clocks in
28% of workers
15% of workers
12% 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.
Each way, about 36 minutes from Nyack
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nyack workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,432 commuters (the 19% 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 distance from Nyack to work
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.
Nyack is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nyack is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #22 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Nyack near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,235 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 40% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% 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). 8.1% of Nyack households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 13% of Nyack’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,100, Nyack ranks 1,042nd of 3,027 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 15 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,040 | Fruitland Township MI | 5,955 | $91K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,041 | Headland AL | 5,603 | $79K | 7.0% | 1.5% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,042 | Nyack NY | 7,511 | $117K | 7.3% | 8.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,043 | Pleasant Valley NY | 9,822 | $102K | 6.5% | 3.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,044 | Bellevue KY | 5,847 | $71K | 11.4% | 2.2% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,027 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Nyack, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 29% of Nyack’s workers
The biggest share goes to Orangetown (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nyack workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyack | – | B+ | A+ | 36 min | $116,649 |
| Valley Cottage | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Orangetown | 15% | A | A | 33 min | $145,007 |
| Upper Nyack | under 1% | B+ | A− | 39 min | $188,125 |
| Clarkstown | 12% | A− | A | 32 min | $136,883 |
| Sleepy Hollow | under 1% | B+ | A+ | 30 min | $104,313 |
| Mount Pleasant | 2% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $142,857 |
Same-state neighbors only. Valley Cottage: 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 Nyack’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 Nyack: questions
What is the median household income in Nyack?
$116,649 (±$19,106) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nyack?
7.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nyack?
36 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nyack work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (28%, 30 mi), Orangetown (15%, 3 mi), Clarkstown (12%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nyack walkable?
Nyack is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 16.0 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nyack without a car?
13% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 40% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nyack, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nyack
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.