Work & commute · Red Hook

Work & commute in Red Hook, NY

About one in 4 of Red Hook’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (12%), Rhinebeck (9%) and Poughkeepsie (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
25%
1,141 of 4,613 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
23%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,472 Red Hook residents head out of town to work, 1,141 work right here, and 3,494 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Hook.

3,472live here, work elsewhere
1,141live and work here
3,494work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Red Hook goes to work

SaugertiesPoughkeepsieKingstonNew YorkRed HookHyde ParkWappingerSaugertiesUlsterMilanClermontRhinebeckPoughkeepsieLivingstonNew YorkRhinebeckPoughkeepsieKingstonUlsterHyde ParkPoughkeepsieWappingerSaugertiesRed Hook
1
Red Hook (in town)right here
25%1,141
2
New York93.6 mi away
12%555
3
Rhinebeck6.3 mi away
9%394
4
Poughkeepsie24.2 mi away
5%215
5
Kingston8.2 mi away
4%188
6
Ulster6.8 mi away
3%135
7
Hyde Park14.1 mi away
2%107
8
Poughkeepsie22.3 mi away
2%105
9
Wappinger29.7 mi away
2%74
10
Saugerties7.3 mi away
1%57
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%1,642

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

How far

How far Red Hook commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Red Hook is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Hook are

4,635 jobs are based in Red Hook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Red Hook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Red Hook

4,635 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)84%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Red Hook residents hold

4,613 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+34%

Jobs based in Red Hook, 2013 → 2023: 3,467 → 4,635. 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.

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