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Work & commute in Glasco · A commuter town

98% of Glasco’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Glasco for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Saugerties (20%), Kingston (16%) and New York (12%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Work in town
2%
16 of 928 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
22 min
Less than NY (33 min)
Work from home
9%
Less than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
195
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Glasco?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

20% of working residents work in Saugerties

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Kingston: 147 residents work here (16%)New York: 111 residents work here (12%)CatskillRed Hook: 23 residents work here (2%)Saugerties: 183 residents work here (20%)Ulster: 73 residents work here (8%)MilanRosendaleEsopusOlive: 17 residents work here (2%)HurleyRhinebeck: 37 residents work here (4%)Newburgh: 15 residents work here (2%)Poughkeepsie: 25 residents work here (3%)Woodstock: 18 residents work here (2%)Saugerties SouthGlascoSaugertiesKingstonNew YorkUlsterRhinebeckPoughkeepsieGlasco
1
Saugerties3.8 mi away
20%183
2
Kingston8.4 mi away
16%147
3
New York95.6 mi away
12%111
4
Ulster5.9 mi away
8%73
5
Rhinebeck8.6 mi away
4%37
6
Poughkeepsie26.2 mi away
3%25
7
Red Hook3.7 mi away
2%23
8
Woodstock11.1 mi away
2%18
9
Olive17.6 mi away
2%17
10
Newburgh34.2 mi away
2%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%279
The top trips

Where Glasco clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
166 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Glasco22 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

of Glasco workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Next door

22% of Glasco works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Saugerties (20%). Darker towns draw more of Glasco’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Glasco22 min
Saugerties South23 min
Saugerties23 min
Red Hook26 min
Day and night

Glasco quiets down on a workday

On a workday 912 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere.

912live here, work elsewhere
16live and work here
179work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,200
Workday1,500
2,200live here− 910head out to work+ 180come in to work= 1,500on a workday

About 1,500 people are in Glasco on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.21jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Glasco commutes less than 9 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSaugerties: 20% · 3.8 miKingston: 16% · 8.4 miNew York: 12% · 95.6 miUlster: 8% · 5.9 miRhinebeck: 4% · 8.6 miPoughkeepsie: 3% · 26.2 miRed Hook: 2% · 3.7 miWoodstock: 2% · 11.1 miOlive: 2% · 17.6 miNewburgh: 2% · 34.2 miSaugerties 20%Kingston 16%New York 12%Ulster 8%Rhinebeck 4%Glasco
GlascoTop destinations (size = commuters)
52%Under 10 mi482 residents
14%10–24 mi131 residents
10%25–50 mi88 residents
24%Over 50 mi225 residents

About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 195 jobs in Glasco are

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

Jobs based in GlascoJobs Glasco residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms10%10%
Trade, transport & utilities21%20%
Services: health, schools, offices69%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less21%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%23%
Over $3,333 a month45%63%

Who does it

29 or younger29%20%
30 to 5447%53%
55 and older25%27%
−9%

Jobs based in Glasco, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 195. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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