Work & commute · Poughkeepsie

Work & commute in Poughkeepsie, NY

Most working residents leave Poughkeepsie for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Poughkeepsie (15%) and Wappinger (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,970 of 13,296 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,326 Poughkeepsie residents head out of town to work, 1,970 work right here, and 10,782 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poughkeepsie.

11,326live here, work elsewhere

1,970live and work here

10,782work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poughkeepsie goes to work

New York71.3 mi away

16%2,147

Poughkeepsie (in town)right here

15%1,970

Poughkeepsie2 mi away

15%1,958

Wappinger7.6 mi away

4%476

Hyde Park8.3 mi away

3%386

Fishkill12.4 mi away

3%347

LaGrange6.4 mi away

2%282

East Fishkill11.9 mi away

2%228

Albany67.4 mi away

1%186

Newburgh11.8 mi away

1%184

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%5,132

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.

42%

14%

13%

30%

42%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poughkeepsie is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Poughkeepsie are

12,752 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

12,752 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Poughkeepsie residents hold

13,296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−12%

Jobs based in Poughkeepsie, 2013 → 2023: 14,411 → 12,752. 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.