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Work & commute in Lorenz Park · Balanced

95% of Lorenz Park’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Lorenz Park for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hudson (20%), Greenport (11%) and New York (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Work in town
5%
49 of 909 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
18 min
Less than NY (33 min)
Work from home
9%
Less than NY (15%)
Jobs based here
1,136
Balanced

What kind of work town is Lorenz Park?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
136 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Lorenz Park18 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

of Lorenz Park workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Next door

39% of Lorenz Park works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Hudson (20%). Darker towns draw more of Lorenz Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Day and night

Lorenz Park fills up on a workday

On a workday 860 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 1,087 people come in from elsewhere.

860live here, work elsewhere
49live and work here
1,087work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,000
Workday2,200
2,000live here− 860head out to work+ 1,100come in to work= 2,200on a workday

About 2,200 people are in Lorenz Park on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.25jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

20% of working residents work in Hudson

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Hudson: 183 residents work here (20%)KingstonAlbany: 53 residents work here (6%)New York: 85 residents work here (9%)Catskill: 28 residents work here (3%)Red Hook: 14 residents work here (2%)SaugertiesKinderhook: 17 residents work here (2%)Ghent: 23 residents work here (3%)Claverack: 75 residents work here (8%)Colonie: 25 residents work here (3%)StockportGreenport: 102 residents work here (11%)Lorenz ParkStottvilleHudsonGreenportNew YorkClaverackAlbanyCatskillLorenz Park
1
Hudson1.3 mi away
20%183
2
Greenport2.9 mi away
11%102
3
New York111.4 mi away
9%85
4
Claverack5.6 mi away
8%75
5
Albany27.4 mi away
6%53
6
Catskill9.3 mi away
3%28
7
Colonie32.5 mi away
3%25
8
Ghent7.2 mi away
3%23
9
Kinderhook10.7 mi away
2%17
10
Red Hook18.4 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%304
The top trips

Where Lorenz Park clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Lorenz Park commutes less than 11 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHudson: 20% · 1.3 miGreenport: 11% · 2.9 miNew York: 9% · 111.4 miClaverack: 8% · 5.6 miAlbany: 6% · 27.4 miCatskill: 3% · 9.3 miColonie: 3% · 32.5 miGhent: 3% · 7.2 miKinderhook: 2% · 10.7 miRed Hook: 2% · 18.4 miHudson 20%Greenport 11%New York 9%Claverack 8%Albany 6%Lorenz Park
Lorenz ParkTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi430 residents
12%10–24 mi111 residents
19%25–50 mi173 residents
21%Over 50 mi194 residents

About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 1,136 jobs in Lorenz Park are

1,136 jobs are based in Lorenz Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lorenz Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lorenz ParkJobs Lorenz Park residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms6%12%
Trade, transport & utilities21%17%
Services: health, schools, offices73%72%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%28%
Over $3,333 a month51%59%

Who does it

29 or younger24%18%
30 to 5447%52%
55 and older29%30%
−10%

Jobs based in Lorenz Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,256 → 1,136. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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