Work & commute · Hunter

Work & commute in Hunter, NY

About one in 4 of Hunter’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (15%), Albany (4%) and Catskill (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

192 of 823 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 631 Hunter residents head out of town to work, 192 work right here, and 734 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hunter.

631live here, work elsewhere

192live and work here

734work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hunter goes to work

Hunter (in town)right here

23%192

New York104.4 mi away

15%121

Albany39 mi away

4%33

Catskill11.3 mi away

4%33

Colonie43.9 mi away

3%24

Poughkeepsie36.6 mi away

2%16

Hudson19.7 mi away

2%15

Windham11 mi away

2%15

Saugerties9.8 mi away

1%11

Kingston18.1 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%353

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

How far

How far Hunter commutes

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

26%

16%

21%

37%

26%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hunter is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hunter are

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

Jobs based in Hunter

926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Hunter residents hold

823 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−1%

Jobs based in Hunter, 2013 → 2023: 940 → 926. 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.