Work & commute · Copake

Work & commute in Copake, NY

Most working residents leave Copake for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New York (9%), Hudson (7%) and Hillsdale (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

130 of 1,219 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,089 Copake residents head out of town to work, 130 work right here, and 391 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copake.

1,089live here, work elsewhere

130live and work here

391work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Copake goes to work

Copake (in town)right here

11%130

New York103.5 mi away

9%113

Hudson14.8 mi away

7%89

Hillsdale6.9 mi away

6%76

Claverack9.5 mi away

5%66

Taghkanic6.7 mi away

4%50

Alford, MA10.5 mi away

3%31

Great Barrington, MA12.6 mi away

2%30

North East12.8 mi away

2%30

Albany39.1 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%575

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

How far

How far Copake commutes

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

27%

32%

16%

25%

27%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Copake is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Copake are

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

Jobs based in Copake

521 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Copake residents hold

1,219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+18%

Jobs based in Copake, 2013 → 2023: 440 → 521. 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.