Work & commute · Saugerties

Work & commute in Saugerties, NY

Most working residents leave Saugerties for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Saugerties (27%), New York (14%) and Kingston (11%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

202 of 1,555 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,353 Saugerties residents head out of town to work, 202 work right here, and 960 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saugerties.

1,353live here, work elsewhere

202live and work here

960work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saugerties goes to work

Saugerties2.7 mi away

27%416

New York97.5 mi away

14%221

Kingston10.3 mi away

11%175

Ulster7.8 mi away

5%77

Rhinebeck10.4 mi away

3%42

Woodstock11.5 mi away

2%37

Catskill9.3 mi away

2%32

Red Hook4.8 mi away

1%23

Wallkill46.8 mi away

1%22

New Paltz22.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%493

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.

39%

22%

10%

28%

39%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saugerties is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saugerties are

1,162 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

1,162 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Saugerties residents hold

1,555 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+23%

Jobs based in Saugerties, 2013 → 2023: 942 → 1,162. 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.