Work & commute · New Paltz

Work & commute in New Paltz, NY

Most working residents leave New Paltz for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New Paltz (20%), New York (19%) and Kingston (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

247 of 2,253 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,006 New Paltz residents head out of town to work, 247 work right here, and 3,075 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Paltz.

2,006live here, work elsewhere

247live and work here

3,075work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Paltz goes to work

New Paltz1.1 mi away

20%456

New York75.5 mi away

19%419

Kingston13.2 mi away

5%113

Poughkeepsie10.4 mi away

5%102

Poughkeepsie9.1 mi away

3%63

Albany64.9 mi away

2%38

Gardiner6.9 mi away

2%36

Wallkill24.5 mi away

1%32

Lloyd5 mi away

1%30

Montgomery16 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%941

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

How far

How far New Paltz commutes

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

31%

20%

11%

39%

31%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Paltz is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Paltz are

3,322 jobs are based in New Paltz. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Paltz’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Paltz

3,322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs New Paltz residents hold

2,253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−14%

Jobs based in New Paltz, 2013 → 2023: 3,865 → 3,322. 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.