Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 4.0Tuxedo has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns. Employers in Tuxedo report 500 jobs, and 1,136 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Tuxedo A−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Tuxedo at work: what stands out
Tuxedo’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Tuxedo is New York City, 42 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (281) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Tuxedo workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
Jobs & income in Tuxedo: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tuxedo is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #200 of 758 in New York. Household income is its strongest input ($109,205, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tuxedo could be anywhere from B to A.
How many miles Tuxedo commutes
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.
How long Tuxedo spends getting to work: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tuxedo workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,188 commuters (the 13% 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 many people are in Tuxedo by day
On a workday 1,072 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 436 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Tuxedo on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
25% of working residents work in New York City
Where Tuxedo clocks in
25% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Tuxedo: what the 500 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tuxedo, 2013 → 2023: 604 → 500. 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 Tuxedo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Tuxedo gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tuxedo is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #356 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 14.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,366 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 6.0% of Tuxedo households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 15% of Tuxedo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200, Tuxedo comes 958th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 956 | Coalfield TN | 2,754 | $90K | 10.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 957 | Verona VA | 4,165 | $74K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 14% | A− |
| 958 | Tuxedo NY | 3,116 | $109K | 9.1% | 2.9% | 6% | A− |
| 959 | Stephens City VA | 2,207 | $103K | 4.3% | 4.1% | 2% | A− |
| 960 | Bar Nunn WY | 3,012 | $99K | 2.2% | 3.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Tuxedo, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Tuxedo and its neighbors: 15% work next door
The biggest share goes to Ramapo (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tuxedo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuxedo | – | A− | B+ | 40 min | $109,205 |
| Woodbury | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 43 min | $121,221 |
| Woodbury | 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Warwick | 2% | B+ | A− | 40 min | $119,328 |
| Ramapo | 11% | B− | A | 26 min | $82,463 |
| Monroe | under 2% | B+ | A | 36 min | $112,199 |
| Sloatsburg | under 2% | A− | A | 36 min | $108,043 |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodbury: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tuxedo’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 Tuxedo: questions
What is the median household income in Tuxedo?
$109,205 (±$10,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tuxedo?
9.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tuxedo?
40 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tuxedo work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (25%, 42 mi), Ramapo (11%, 8 mi), Tuxedo (8%, 0 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tuxedo walkable?
Tuxedo is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tuxedo without a car?
15% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tuxedo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tuxedo
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.