Work & commute · Saugerties

Work & commute in Saugerties, NY

About one in 4 of Saugerties’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kingston (14%), New York (13%) and Ulster (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

1,842 of 8,173 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,331 Saugerties residents head out of town to work, 1,842 work right here, and 2,332 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saugerties.

6,331live here, work elsewhere

1,842live and work here

2,332work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saugerties goes to work

Saugerties (in town)right here

23%1,842

Kingston11.2 mi away

14%1,129

New York98.8 mi away

13%1,039

Ulster8.4 mi away

7%538

Woodstock9.4 mi away

3%229

Rhinebeck12.3 mi away

2%192

Poughkeepsie29.7 mi away

2%157

Catskill8.4 mi away

2%150

Red Hook7.3 mi away

1%114

New Paltz23.3 mi away

1%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,677

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

How far

How far Saugerties commutes

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

43%

19%

12%

26%

43%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saugerties is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.51 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Saugerties are

4,174 jobs are based in Saugerties. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saugerties’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saugerties

4,174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Saugerties residents hold

8,173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+10%

Jobs based in Saugerties, 2013 → 2023: 3,781 → 4,174. 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.