Work & commute · Olive

Work & commute in Olive, NY

Most working residents leave Olive for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Kingston (14%), New York (12%) and Woodstock (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

234 of 1,526 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,292 Olive residents head out of town to work, 234 work right here, and 763 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olive.

1,292live here, work elsewhere

234live and work here

763work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olive goes to work

Olive (in town)right here

15%234

Kingston13.9 mi away

14%211

New York90.4 mi away

12%179

Woodstock9.1 mi away

6%84

Ulster13.5 mi away

5%79

Saugerties17.4 mi away

5%74

Shandaken9.1 mi away

4%60

Poughkeepsie26.6 mi away

2%25

Albany55.1 mi away

2%24

Middletown23.7 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%532

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

How far

How far Olive commutes

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

25%

37%

31%

25%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olive is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Olive are

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

Jobs based in Olive

997 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Olive residents hold

1,526 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−3%

Jobs based in Olive, 2013 → 2023: 1,025 → 997. 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.