Work & commute · Esopus

Work & commute in Esopus, NY

Most working residents leave Esopus for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kingston (18%), New York (15%) and Ulster (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

169 of 3,533 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 3,364 Esopus residents head out of town to work, 169 work right here, and 512 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Esopus.

3,364live here, work elsewhere

169live and work here

512work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Esopus goes to work

Kingston6.7 mi away

18%634

New York80.9 mi away

15%516

Ulster9.6 mi away

6%196

Esopus (in town)right here

5%169

Poughkeepsie12.1 mi away

4%147

New Paltz7.2 mi away

4%137

Poughkeepsie10.2 mi away

3%93

Saugerties17.9 mi away

2%72

Rhinebeck7.7 mi away

2%64

Lloyd8.3 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,443

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

How far

How far Esopus commutes

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

37%

21%

10%

32%

37%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Esopus is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Esopus are

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

Jobs based in Esopus

681 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Esopus residents hold

3,533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+3%

Jobs based in Esopus, 2013 → 2023: 661 → 681. 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.