Work & commute · Hunter

Work & commute in Hunter, NY

Most working residents leave Hunter for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Hunter (20%), New York (14%) and Albany (5%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 114 Hunter residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 433 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hunter.

114live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

433work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hunter goes to work

Hunter4.5 mi away

20%25

New York107.9 mi away

14%17

Albany38 mi away

5%6

Catskill14.2 mi away

2%3

Babylon118 mi away

2%3

Poughkeepsie40.7 mi away

2%3

Pittsfield, MA51.5 mi away

2%2

Hudson22.2 mi away

2%2

Rye91.5 mi away

2%2

Oswego144.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%60

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.

20%

13%

24%

43%

20%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hunter is a job hub

3.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hunter are

444 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

444 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Hunter residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−11%

Jobs based in Hunter, 2013 → 2023: 497 → 444. 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.