Work & commute · Poughkeepsie

Work & commute in Poughkeepsie, NY

Most working residents leave Poughkeepsie for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are New York (15%), Poughkeepsie (9%) and Wappinger (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

3,767 of 19,584 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 15,817 Poughkeepsie residents head out of town to work, 3,767 work right here, and 22,575 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poughkeepsie.

15,817live here, work elsewhere

3,767live and work here

22,575work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poughkeepsie goes to work

Poughkeepsie (in town)right here

19%3,767

New York69.4 mi away

15%2,924

Poughkeepsie2 mi away

9%1,684

Wappinger5.6 mi away

6%1,216

LaGrange6.1 mi away

3%530

Hyde Park10.1 mi away

3%490

East Fishkill10.2 mi away

2%484

Fishkill10.5 mi away

2%453

Albany69.2 mi away

1%269

Newburgh10.7 mi away

1%249

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%7,518

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

How far

How far Poughkeepsie commutes

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

45%

13%

29%

45%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poughkeepsie is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Poughkeepsie are

26,342 jobs are based in Poughkeepsie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Poughkeepsie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Poughkeepsie

26,342 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Poughkeepsie residents hold

19,584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−3%

Jobs based in Poughkeepsie, 2013 → 2023: 27,233 → 26,342. 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.