Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Roscoe has 1.9 jobs per working resident, and 346 people come in to work
About one in ten stay in Roscoe for work; outside it, Rockland is the main destination (18%, 7 miles). There are 366 jobs in Roscoe, and 190 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 14 minutes each way; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Roscoe: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 170 residents head out to work and 20 work right here.
About 800 people are in Roscoe on a workday afternoon, 28% more 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.
Commuting in to Roscoe: where workers come from
Where Roscoe clocks in
16% of workers
11% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Roscoe
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roscoe, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 366. 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 Roscoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Roscoe: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roscoe workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 288 commuters (the 18% 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.
How far it is to work from Roscoe
About 35% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 Roscoe: questions
What is the median household income in Roscoe?
$72,566 (±$30,436) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roscoe?
9.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roscoe?
14 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roscoe work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockland (18%, 7 mi), Thompson (16%, 24 mi), New York City (11%, 102 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roscoe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roscoe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roscoe
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.