Work & commute · Red Hook

Work & commute in Red Hook, NY

Most working residents leave Red Hook for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Red Hook (22%), New York (12%) and Rhinebeck (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
68 of 952 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
21%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 884 Red Hook residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 828 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Hook.

884live here, work elsewhere
68live and work here
828work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Red Hook goes to work

Red HookPoughkeepsieKingstonNew YorkRed HookHyde ParkWappingerSaugertiesUlsterMilanEsopusClermontRhinebeckPoughkeepsieRed HookNew YorkRhinebeckKingstonPoughkeepsieHyde ParkPoughkeepsieUlsterWappingerSaugertiesRed Hook
1
Red Hook1.6 mi away
22%214
2
New York92.2 mi away
12%111
3
Rhinebeck5 mi away
9%85
4
Kingston7.7 mi away
5%49
5
Poughkeepsie22.8 mi away
5%43
6
Hyde Park12.6 mi away
2%21
7
Poughkeepsie20.9 mi away
2%20
8
Ulster6.8 mi away
2%20
9
Wappinger28.2 mi away
2%18
10
Saugerties8.8 mi away
2%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%354

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.

41%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

0.94jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Hook are

896 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

896 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Red Hook residents hold

952 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 month22%
Over $3,333 a month62%
−32%

Jobs based in Red Hook, 2013 → 2023: 1,325 → 896. 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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