Work & commute · Beacon

Work & commute in Beacon, NY

Most working residents leave Beacon for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Fishkill (5%) and Poughkeepsie (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

783 of 5,269 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,486 Beacon residents head out of town to work, 783 work right here, and 3,931 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beacon.

4,486live here, work elsewhere

783live and work here

3,931work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beacon goes to work

New York58.1 mi away

16%867

Beacon (in town)right here

15%783

Fishkill2.3 mi away

5%280

Poughkeepsie11.7 mi away

4%216

Wappinger7 mi away

4%187

Poughkeepsie13.4 mi away

3%150

Newburgh6.1 mi away

2%130

Philipstown6.7 mi away

2%109

Newburgh2.8 mi away

2%104

Cortlandt17.7 mi away

2%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,359

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

How far

How far Beacon commutes

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

35%

23%

15%

28%

35%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beacon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beacon are

4,714 jobs are based in Beacon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beacon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beacon

4,714 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Beacon residents hold

5,269 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+21%

Jobs based in Beacon, 2013 → 2023: 3,890 → 4,714. 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.