Work & commute · Ancram

Work & commute in Ancram, NY

Most working residents leave Ancram for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New York (10%), North East (8%) and Pine Plains (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

66 of 604 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 538 Ancram residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ancram.

538live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ancram goes to work

Ancram (in town)right here

11%66

New York96.7 mi away

10%58

North East6.5 mi away

8%49

Pine Plains5.6 mi away

4%26

Copake6.8 mi away

4%26

Hudson18.3 mi away

4%23

Albany44.9 mi away

3%20

Hillsdale13.7 mi away

3%20

Colonie49.8 mi away

3%17

Pittsfield, MA33.1 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%289

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ancram commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

28%

30%

17%

25%

28%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ancram is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ancram are

255 jobs are based in Ancram. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ancram’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ancram

255 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Ancram residents hold

604 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−8%

Jobs based in Ancram, 2013 → 2023: 278 → 255. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.