Work & commute · Walden

Work & commute in Walden, NY

Most working residents leave Walden for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Montgomery (19%), New York (13%) and Wallkill (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

215 of 3,398 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 3,183 Walden residents head out of town to work, 215 work right here, and 813 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walden.

3,183live here, work elsewhere

215live and work here

813work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walden goes to work

Montgomery1.8 mi away

19%638

New York63.3 mi away

13%455

Wallkill12 mi away

7%225

Newburgh6.8 mi away

5%167

Newburgh9.6 mi away

5%153

Goshen15 mi away

3%100

New Windsor7.1 mi away

3%95

Middletown14.5 mi away

3%87

Poughkeepsie16.1 mi away

2%80

Shawangunk6.4 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,342

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

How far

How far Walden commutes

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

33%

31%

11%

25%

33%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walden is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walden are

1,028 jobs are based in Walden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walden

1,028 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Walden residents hold

3,398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−12%

Jobs based in Walden, 2013 → 2023: 1,164 → 1,028. 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.