Work & commute · Shawangunk

Work & commute in Shawangunk, NY

Most working residents leave Shawangunk for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Montgomery (7%) and Wallkill (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

514 of 4,834 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,320 Shawangunk residents head out of town to work, 514 work right here, and 2,510 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shawangunk.

4,320live here, work elsewhere

514live and work here

2,510work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shawangunk goes to work

New York69.1 mi away

16%782

Shawangunk (in town)right here

11%514

Montgomery7 mi away

7%350

Wallkill12.1 mi away

5%243

Newburgh12 mi away

4%184

Newburgh15.5 mi away

3%147

Goshen17.9 mi away

3%140

Crawford4.9 mi away

3%138

Poughkeepsie18.5 mi away

3%132

New Paltz12.9 mi away

2%111

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,093

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

How far

How far Shawangunk commutes

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

25%

35%

32%

25%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shawangunk is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shawangunk are

3,024 jobs are based in Shawangunk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shawangunk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shawangunk

3,024 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Shawangunk residents hold

4,834 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−1%

Jobs based in Shawangunk, 2013 → 2023: 3,048 → 3,024. 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.