Work & commute · Hillsdale

Work & commute in Hillsdale, NY

Most working residents leave Hillsdale for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New York (10%), Great Barrington (7%) and Copake (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

66 of 621 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 555 Hillsdale residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 325 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillsdale.

555live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

325work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillsdale goes to work

Hillsdale (in town)right here

11%66

New York110.4 mi away

10%59

Great Barrington, MA9.6 mi away

7%43

Copake6.9 mi away

6%37

Hudson13.6 mi away

4%22

Taghkanic10.4 mi away

3%21

Claverack8.7 mi away

3%19

Pittsfield, MA20.3 mi away

3%18

Alford, MA5.1 mi away

2%14

Greenport13.9 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%308

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

How far

How far Hillsdale commutes

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

31%

29%

14%

25%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillsdale is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillsdale are

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

Jobs based in Hillsdale

391 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Hillsdale residents hold

621 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−26%

Jobs based in Hillsdale, 2013 → 2023: 526 → 391. 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.