With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Matamoras works elsewhere
Only 7% work in Matamoras; the top destination outside it is Port Jervis (8%, 1 miles). 326 jobs are based in Matamoras; 1,099 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Matamoras are B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Matamoras: the gist
The four measures behind Matamoras’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Matamoras is better than 64% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Matamoras’ grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Matamoras could be anywhere from C to A.
The daily commute in and out of Matamoras
On a workday 1,025 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Matamoras on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 places Matamoras commutes to
Where Matamoras clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
What Matamoras’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Matamoras, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 326. 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 Matamoras’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for Matamoras’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Matamoras workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,153 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Matamoras, by distance
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
The commute in Matamoras is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Matamoras is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,353 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). 14.0% of Matamoras households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Matamoras’ commuters take a bus or train.
Matamoras next to U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300: 1,530th of 5,207 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 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,528 | Lakin KS | 2,154 | $90K | 2.4% | 4.1% | 27% | B |
| 1,529 | Morton PA | 2,768 | $62K | 6.4% | 4.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,530 | Matamoras PA | 2,448 | $77K | 4.8% | 3.2% | 7% | B |
| 1,531 | Red Hill PA | 2,508 | $65K | 8.2% | 3.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,532 | Van Buren Township IN | 2,785 | $91K | 9.3% | 0.0% | 24% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | 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 Matamoras, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Matamoras and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Matamoras workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matamoras | – | B | B+ | 30 min | $76,500 |
| Westfall Township | 6% | C− | B | 28 min | $72,337 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Port Jervis. Darker towns draw more of Matamoras’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 Matamoras: questions
What is the median household income in Matamoras?
$76,500 (±$18,005) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Matamoras?
4.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Matamoras?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Matamoras work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Jervis (8%, 1 mi), Wallkill (7%, 18 mi), Westfall Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Matamoras walkable?
Matamoras is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Matamoras without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Matamoras, from the people who make the trip.
More of Matamoras
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.