Work & commute · Middletown

Work & commute in Middletown, NY

About one in 3 of Middletown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (8%), Shandaken (5%) and Albany (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

340 of 965 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 625 Middletown residents head out of town to work, 340 work right here, and 571 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middletown.

625live here, work elsewhere

340live and work here

571work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middletown goes to work

Middletown (in town)right here

35%340

New York109.5 mi away

8%81

Shandaken15.9 mi away

5%50

Albany54.9 mi away

4%41

Delhi16.3 mi away

3%25

Colonie58.7 mi away

3%25

Roxbury12 mi away

2%18

Stamford12.5 mi away

2%17

Islip124.3 mi away

1%10

Binghamton65.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%349

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

How far

How far Middletown commutes

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

38%

13%

42%

38%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middletown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Middletown are

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

Jobs based in Middletown

911 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Middletown residents hold

965 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+9%

Jobs based in Middletown, 2013 → 2023: 834 → 911. 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.