Work & commute · Ulster

Work & commute in Ulster, NY

Most working residents leave Ulster for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Kingston (22%), New York (12%) and Saugerties (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

821 of 5,698 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 4,877 Ulster residents head out of town to work, 821 work right here, and 6,301 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ulster.

4,877live here, work elsewhere

821live and work here

6,301work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ulster goes to work

Kingston2.9 mi away

22%1,271

Ulster (in town)right here

14%821

New York90.5 mi away

12%684

Saugerties8.4 mi away

4%239

Poughkeepsie21.5 mi away

3%167

Rhinebeck6.1 mi away

2%131

Woodstock10.1 mi away

2%117

New Paltz14.9 mi away

2%98

Poughkeepsie19.6 mi away

2%87

Red Hook6.8 mi away

1%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,998

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

How far

How far Ulster commutes

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

49%

14%

11%

26%

49%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ulster is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ulster are

7,122 jobs are based in Ulster. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ulster’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ulster

7,122 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Ulster residents hold

5,698 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−24%

Jobs based in Ulster, 2013 → 2023: 9,415 → 7,122. 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.