Households in Upper Nyack earn more than those in 98% of U.S. towns
31% of workers have no commute at all, next to 15% for New York as a whole. 10.4% of residents are in poverty, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. Jobs and income earn Upper Nyack B+; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Upper Nyack, in a few figures
30% of Upper Nyack works in New York City
261 working residents, 30%, have their main job in New York City, 32 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Upper Nyack itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Upper Nyack
31% of Upper Nyack workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Upper Nyack pay over $40,000 a year
78% of the jobs based in Upper Nyack pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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 866 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Upper Nyack’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Upper Nyack is better than 73% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Upper Nyack’s grade up ($188,125, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Upper Nyack could be anywhere from B to A.
30% of working residents work in New York City
Where Upper Nyack clocks in
30% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
The trip to work from Upper Nyack: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Nyack workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 638 commuters (the 31% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Upper Nyack
558 jobs are based in Upper Nyack.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Nyack, 2013 → 2023: 563 → 558. 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 Upper Nyack’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Upper Nyack quiets down on a workday
On a workday 839 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 531 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Upper Nyack on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 distance from Upper Nyack to work
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.
In Upper Nyack, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Nyack is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 923 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.1% of Upper Nyack households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Upper Nyack’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Upper Nyack ranks: 985th of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 983 | Rome IL | 1,947 | $89K | 6.5% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 984 | Avilla IN | 2,487 | $79K | 5.8% | 2.9% | 7% | B+ |
| 985 | Upper Nyack NY | 2,087 | $188K | 10.4% | 6.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 986 | Fort Loramie OH | 1,736 | $94K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 10% | B+ |
| 987 | Johnson Township IN | 2,470 | $92K | 7.8% | 1.2% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Upper Nyack, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
24% of Upper Nyack works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Clarkstown (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Nyack workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Nyack | – | B+ | A− | 39 min | $188,125 |
| Valley Cottage | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Clarkstown | 11% | A− | A | 32 min | $136,883 |
| Nyack | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 36 min | $116,649 |
| Orangetown | 10% | A | A | 33 min | $145,007 |
| Mount Pleasant | 3% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $142,857 |
| Briarcliff Manor | under 2% | A | A+ | 37 min | $229,732 |
| Ossining | under 2% | A− | A+ | 37 min | $125,539 |
Same-state neighbors only. Valley Cottage: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper Nyack’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 Upper Nyack: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Nyack?
$188,125 (±$64,869) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Nyack?
10.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Nyack?
39 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Nyack work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (30%, 32 mi), Clarkstown (11%, 3 mi), Orangetown (10%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Nyack walkable?
Upper Nyack is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Nyack without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Nyack, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Nyack
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.