With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Otisville works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 36 minutes on average; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26. 147 jobs are based in Otisville, and 385 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Otisville for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (14%, 64 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Otisville and work: the main findings
Otisville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Otisville is New York City, 64 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (52) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Otisville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Otisville fell from 427 in 2014 to 147 in 2024, −66%. 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 ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 385 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Otisville works
About 30% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Otisville, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Otisville, 2014 → 2024: 427 → 147. 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 Otisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Otisville on a workday
On a workday 382 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Otisville on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Otisville: the destinations
Where Otisville clocks in
14% of workers
12% 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.
From Otisville, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Otisville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 447 commuters (the 10% 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.
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 Otisville: questions
What is the median household income in Otisville?
$87,656 (±$23,185) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Otisville?
5.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Otisville?
36 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Otisville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (14%, 64 mi), Wallkill (12%, 7 mi), Goshen (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Otisville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Otisville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Otisville
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.