Work & commute · Kingston

Work & commute in Kingston, NY

About one in 4 of Kingston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Ulster (9%) and Poughkeepsie (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

2,847 of 10,494 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,647 Kingston residents head out of town to work, 2,847 work right here, and 9,963 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingston.

7,647live here, work elsewhere

2,847live and work here

9,963work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingston goes to work

Kingston (in town)right here

27%2,847

New York87.6 mi away

13%1,394

Ulster2.9 mi away

9%940

Poughkeepsie18.7 mi away

3%292

Saugerties11.2 mi away

2%255

Rhinebeck4.9 mi away

2%230

New Paltz12.4 mi away

2%223

Red Hook8.2 mi away

2%218

Poughkeepsie16.7 mi away

2%207

Woodstock12.2 mi away

2%158

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,730

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

How far

How far Kingston commutes

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

45%

16%

10%

29%

45%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingston are

12,810 jobs are based in Kingston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kingston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kingston

12,810 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Kingston residents hold

10,494 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+2%

Jobs based in Kingston, 2013 → 2023: 12,539 → 12,810. 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.