Photo: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand. Cropped and color-corrected 2009-12-31 by Daniel Case · CC BY 2.0Shrub Oak has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Shrub Oak has 552 jobs, against 990 working residents. Hardly any stay in Shrub Oak for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (28%, 46 miles). 6% of workers have no commute at all, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Shrub Oak, in a few figures
Where the trip to work from Shrub Oak ends
Where Shrub Oak clocks in
28% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
Who works in Shrub Oak, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 984 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 546 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Shrub Oak on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
The kinds of work in Shrub Oak
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shrub Oak, 2013 → 2023: 634 → 552. 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 Shrub Oak’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Shrub Oak’s commute takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shrub Oak workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,442 commuters (the 6% 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 Shrub Oak’s workers travel
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.
Work in the towns next to Shrub Oak
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shrub Oak workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrub Oak | – | — | — | 33 min | $172,778 |
| Lake Mohegan | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Jefferson Valley-Yorktown | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Crompond | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Mohegan, Jefferson Valley-Yorktown and Crompond: 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 Shrub Oak’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 Shrub Oak: questions
What is the median household income in Shrub Oak?
$172,778 (±$77,626) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shrub Oak?
0.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shrub Oak?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shrub Oak work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (28%, 46 mi), Yorktown (12%, 4 mi), Mount Pleasant (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shrub Oak without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shrub Oak, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shrub Oak
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.