Work & commute · Wappinger

Work & commute in Wappinger, NY

Most working residents leave Wappinger for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Poughkeepsie (10%) and Fishkill (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,443 of 12,642 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,199 Wappinger residents head out of town to work, 1,443 work right here, and 8,424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wappinger.

11,199live here, work elsewhere

1,443live and work here

8,424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wappinger goes to work

New York63.9 mi away

14%1,785

Wappinger (in town)right here

11%1,443

Poughkeepsie5.6 mi away

10%1,314

Fishkill5.2 mi away

5%685

Poughkeepsie7.6 mi away

5%581

East Fishkill6.1 mi away

5%573

Newburgh8.8 mi away

2%268

LaGrange8.3 mi away

2%250

Beacon7 mi away

2%247

Cortlandt23.3 mi away

2%203

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%5,293

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

How far

How far Wappinger commutes

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

42%

19%

14%

25%

42%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wappinger is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wappinger are

9,867 jobs are based in Wappinger. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wappinger’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wappinger

9,867 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Wappinger residents hold

12,642 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+24%

Jobs based in Wappinger, 2013 → 2023: 7,962 → 9,867. 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.