Work & commute · Kinderhook

Work & commute in Kinderhook, NY

Most working residents leave Kinderhook for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (15%), New York (8%) and Colonie (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

576 of 3,705 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,129 Kinderhook residents head out of town to work, 576 work right here, and 1,429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kinderhook.

3,129live here, work elsewhere

576live and work here

1,429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kinderhook goes to work

Kinderhook (in town)right here

16%576

Albany18.6 mi away

15%549

New York121.4 mi away

8%287

Colonie23.5 mi away

6%239

Hudson12.1 mi away

6%210

Schodack8.4 mi away

3%127

Ghent6.8 mi away

3%101

Claverack13.2 mi away

2%90

East Greenbush13.5 mi away

2%82

Chatham5.3 mi away

2%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,362

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

How far

How far Kinderhook commutes

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

26%

43%

23%

26%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kinderhook is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kinderhook are

2,005 jobs are based in Kinderhook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kinderhook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kinderhook

2,005 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Kinderhook residents hold

3,705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+12%

Jobs based in Kinderhook, 2013 → 2023: 1,798 → 2,005. 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.