Work & commute · Catskill

Work & commute in Catskill, NY

Most working residents leave Catskill for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Catskill (19%), New York (10%) and Hudson (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

233 of 1,536 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,303 Catskill residents head out of town to work, 233 work right here, and 2,390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Catskill.

1,303live here, work elsewhere

233live and work here

2,390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Catskill goes to work

Catskill4.2 mi away

19%296

New York107.5 mi away

10%159

Hudson4.4 mi away

7%110

Albany31.1 mi away

7%103

Colonie36.3 mi away

3%53

Coxsackie8.9 mi away

3%52

Saugerties10.9 mi away

3%49

Greenport3.4 mi away

2%34

Kingston21.1 mi away

2%29

Red Hook13.9 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%622

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%

19%

23%

24%

34%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Catskill is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Catskill are

2,623 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

2,623 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Catskill residents hold

1,536 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+22%

Jobs based in Catskill, 2013 → 2023: 2,142 → 2,623. 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.