Photo: CaffeineCataloger · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Tarrytown has 1.9 jobs per working resident, and 8,947 people come in to work
Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns. 9,337 jobs are based in Tarrytown; 4,836 of its residents have a job. Tarrytown grades A− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Tarrytown apart
Tarrytown is where the jobs are
Tarrytown has 9,337 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
41% of Tarrytown works in New York City
2,000 working residents, 41%, have their main job in New York City, 28 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Tarrytown itself. The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Tarrytown pay over $40,000 a year
80% of the jobs based in Tarrytown pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Tarrytown is services
91% 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 ↓
The biggest group of Tarrytown’s workers comes from New York City
1,754 of the people who work in Tarrytown live in New York City, 28 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Tarrytown’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tarrytown is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #152 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Tarrytown’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Tarrytown could be anywhere from B to A+.
Tarrytown by day and by night
On a workday 4,446 residents head out to work and 390 work right here.
About 16,000 people are in Tarrytown on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 Tarrytown: where workers come from
Where Tarrytown clocks in
41% of workers
16% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Tarrytown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tarrytown, 2013 → 2023: 7,161 → 9,337. 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 Tarrytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Tarrytown takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tarrytown workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,687 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Tarrytown
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.
Tarrytown is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tarrytown is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #19 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Tarrytown 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 6,172 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, 36% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 17.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 7.8% of Tarrytown households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 22% of Tarrytown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tarrytown is 796th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Hastings-on-Hudson NY | 8,440 | $194K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 794 | Mountain Park GA | 12,850 | $96K | 12.9% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| 795 | Highland Park NJ | 15,259 | $105K | 7.5% | 4.8% | 5% | A− |
| 796 | Tarrytown NY | 11,890 | $107K | 7.9% | 4.8% | 8% | A− |
| 797 | Elkhorn WI | 10,045 | $78K | 7.6% | 1.3% | 16% | A− |
| 798 | South Abington Township PA | 9,624 | $114K | 2.9% | 5.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Tarrytown, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
23% of Tarrytown works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Greenburgh (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tarrytown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrytown | – | A− | A+ | 34 min | $107,106 |
| Greenburgh | 16% | A | A+ | 34 min | $152,256 |
| Mount Pleasant | 7% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $142,857 |
| Sleepy Hollow | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 30 min | $104,313 |
| Irvington | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 36 min | $173,248 |
| Orangetown | under 2% | A | A | 33 min | $145,007 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tarrytown’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 Tarrytown: questions
What is the median household income in Tarrytown?
$107,106 (±$15,887) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tarrytown?
7.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tarrytown?
34 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 Tarrytown work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (41%, 28 mi), Greenburgh (16%, 3 mi), Mount Pleasant (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tarrytown walkable?
Tarrytown is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.9 out of 20, and 26% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tarrytown without a car?
22% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 36% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tarrytown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tarrytown
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.