Photo: Taurus876 at en.wikipedia · Public domainSparkill has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%. Sparkill has 140 jobs, against 680 working residents. Hardly any stay in Sparkill for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (31%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sparkill: the figures worth knowing
Sparkill and New York City trade workers both ways
New York City is the top workplace for Sparkill residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Sparkill come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Sparkill is a place people come home to
There are 140 jobs based in Sparkill, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sparkill has about 940 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Sparkill works from home
24% of Sparkill workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
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; with 680 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Sparkill work
Where Sparkill clocks in
31% of workers
18% 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.
Who leaves Sparkill for work, and who comes in
On a workday 676 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Sparkill on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
How long Sparkill spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sparkill workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 723 commuters (the 24% 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 kinds of work in Sparkill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sparkill, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 140. 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 Sparkill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Sparkill
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.
Sparkill and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sparkill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparkill | – | — | — | 27 min | $250,000+ |
| Orangeburg | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Tappan | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Piermont | under 2% | A+ | A | 43 min | $140,450 |
Same-state neighbors only. Orangeburg and Tappan: 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 Sparkill’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sparkill: questions
What is the median household income in Sparkill?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sparkill?
0.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sparkill?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sparkill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (31%, 25 mi), Orangetown (18%, 2 mi), Clarkstown (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sparkill without a car?
3% 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 Sparkill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sparkill
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.