Every workday, about 2,400 people come to Marist College for work
Most working residents leave Marist College for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New York (19%), Poughkeepsie (15%) and Poughkeepsie (7%). Half commute less than 36 miles.
The short version on getting to work from Marist College
Marist College’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Marist College is New York, 73 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (169) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Many jobs in Marist College pay little
54% of the jobs based in Marist College pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 51% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Marist College is where the jobs are
Marist College has 2,426 jobs, 2.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,100 people are in town, 60% more than the 2,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 875 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Marist College commutes less than 36 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 40% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
2,426 jobs are based in Marist College. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marist College’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marist College, 2013 → 2023: 2,332 → 2,426. 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.
Marist College nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 854 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 2,405 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Marist College on a workday afternoon, 60% more than live here.
2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Marist College’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Marist College clocks in
19% of workers
15% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 14 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marist College workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Marist College and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Marist College’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
More of Marist College
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marist College, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.