Work & commute · Gardiner

Work & commute in Gardiner, NY

Most working residents leave Gardiner for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), New Paltz (12%) and Poughkeepsie (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

203 of 2,110 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,907 Gardiner residents head out of town to work, 203 work right here, and 905 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gardiner.

1,907live here, work elsewhere

203live and work here

905work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gardiner goes to work

New York72.3 mi away

13%282

New Paltz7.1 mi away

12%263

Gardiner (in town)right here

10%203

Poughkeepsie14.4 mi away

5%109

Kingston19.2 mi away

4%88

Poughkeepsie13.8 mi away

3%62

Newburgh11.5 mi away

3%59

Montgomery10.6 mi away

3%54

Wallkill17.8 mi away

2%52

Newburgh15.7 mi away

2%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%890

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

How far

How far Gardiner commutes

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

29%

36%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gardiner is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gardiner are

1,108 jobs are based in Gardiner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gardiner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gardiner

1,108 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Gardiner residents hold

2,110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+4%

Jobs based in Gardiner, 2013 → 2023: 1,062 → 1,108. 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.