Every workday, about 2,100 people come to Vassar College for work
Most working residents leave Vassar College for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (21%), Poughkeepsie (19%) and Poughkeepsie (9%). Half commute less than 25 miles.
What kind of work town is Vassar College?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
About 12 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vassar College workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Vassar College fills up on a workday
On a workday 862 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 2,146 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Vassar College on a workday afternoon, 36% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
28% of Vassar College works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Poughkeepsie (19%). Darker towns draw more of Vassar College’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Where Vassar College’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Vassar College clocks in
21% of workers
19% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Vassar College commutes less than 25 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 36% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
2,229 jobs are based in Vassar College. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vassar College’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vassar College, 2013 → 2023: 1,954 → 2,229. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Vassar College
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vassar College, from the people who make the trip.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.