Work & commute · Beekman

Work & commute in Beekman, NY

Most working residents leave Beekman for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Poughkeepsie (8%) and LaGrange (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

230 of 5,502 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,272 Beekman residents head out of town to work, 230 work right here, and 880 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beekman.

5,272live here, work elsewhere

230live and work here

880work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beekman goes to work

New York66.2 mi away

16%863

Poughkeepsie11.8 mi away

8%424

LaGrange7.5 mi away

5%270

Wappinger10 mi away

5%258

Beekman (in town)right here

4%230

Poughkeepsie13 mi away

4%216

East Fishkill5.3 mi away

4%212

Carmel15 mi away

3%175

Fishkill13.1 mi away

3%144

Southeast14.4 mi away

2%124

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,586

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

How far

How far Beekman commutes

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

22%

37%

15%

27%

22%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beekman is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beekman are

1,110 jobs are based in Beekman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beekman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beekman

1,110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Beekman residents hold

5,502 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+57%

Jobs based in Beekman, 2013 → 2023: 705 → 1,110. 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.