Work & commute · Rhinebeck

Work & commute in Rhinebeck, NY

Most working residents leave Rhinebeck for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Red Hook (6%) and Poughkeepsie (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

572 of 2,993 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,421 Rhinebeck residents head out of town to work, 572 work right here, and 3,758 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rhinebeck.

2,421live here, work elsewhere

572live and work here

3,758work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rhinebeck goes to work

Rhinebeck (in town)right here

19%572

New York87.3 mi away

16%487

Red Hook6.3 mi away

6%194

Poughkeepsie17.9 mi away

5%157

Kingston4.9 mi away

4%119

Poughkeepsie16.1 mi away

3%101

Hyde Park7.8 mi away

2%70

Ulster6.1 mi away

2%55

Saugerties12.3 mi away

1%32

White Plains62.9 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,175

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

How far

How far Rhinebeck commutes

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

34%

19%

11%

36%

34%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rhinebeck is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rhinebeck are

4,330 jobs are based in Rhinebeck. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rhinebeck’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rhinebeck

4,330 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Rhinebeck residents hold

2,993 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+9%

Jobs based in Rhinebeck, 2013 → 2023: 3,972 → 4,330. 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.