Work & commute · Catskill

Work & commute in Catskill, NY

About one in 5 of Catskill’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (10%), Albany (6%) and Hudson (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

964 of 4,633 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 3,669 Catskill residents head out of town to work, 964 work right here, and 3,041 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Catskill.

3,669live here, work elsewhere

964live and work here

3,041work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Catskill goes to work

Catskill (in town)right here

21%964

New York106.8 mi away

10%446

Albany32.4 mi away

6%273

Hudson8.4 mi away

6%267

Saugerties8.4 mi away

4%174

Kingston19.5 mi away

3%155

Colonie37.6 mi away

3%155

Coxsackie10.2 mi away

3%127

Ulster16.8 mi away

2%92

Greenport7.6 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,894

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

How far

How far Catskill commutes

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

34%

22%

34%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Catskill is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Catskill are

4,005 jobs are based in Catskill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Catskill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Catskill

4,005 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Catskill residents hold

4,633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+18%

Jobs based in Catskill, 2013 → 2023: 3,389 → 4,005. 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.