Work & commute · Shandaken

Work & commute in Shandaken, NY

Most working residents leave Shandaken for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Kingston (5%) and Olive (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

159 of 918 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 759 Shandaken residents head out of town to work, 159 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shandaken.

759live here, work elsewhere

159live and work here

445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shandaken goes to work

Shandaken (in town)right here

17%159

New York99.2 mi away

16%146

Kingston20.2 mi away

5%45

Olive9.1 mi away

5%42

Woodstock9.3 mi away

4%39

Middletown15.9 mi away

4%35

Denning10.3 mi away

3%32

Albany50 mi away

2%17

Saugerties18.5 mi away

1%12

Hunter12.1 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%379

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

How far

How far Shandaken commutes

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

24%

23%

15%

38%

24%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shandaken is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shandaken are

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

Jobs based in Shandaken

604 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Shandaken residents hold

918 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+38%

Jobs based in Shandaken, 2013 → 2023: 437 → 604. 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.