Work & commute · Woodstock

Work & commute in Woodstock, NY

Most working residents leave Woodstock for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are New York (17%), Kingston (9%) and Saugerties (3%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

308 of 1,836 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,528 Woodstock residents head out of town to work, 308 work right here, and 1,431 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodstock.

1,528live here, work elsewhere

308live and work here

1,431work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodstock goes to work

New York96.9 mi away

17%320

Woodstock (in town)right here

17%308

Kingston12.2 mi away

9%174

Saugerties9.4 mi away

3%55

Olive9.1 mi away

3%54

Ulster10.1 mi away

2%43

Albany46.1 mi away

2%34

Poughkeepsie29.9 mi away

2%29

Poughkeepsie28 mi away

1%26

New Paltz20.5 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%768

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

How far

How far Woodstock commutes

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

31%

14%

13%

41%

31%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodstock is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodstock are

1,739 jobs are based in Woodstock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodstock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodstock

1,739 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Woodstock residents hold

1,836 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+7%

Jobs based in Woodstock, 2013 → 2023: 1,620 → 1,739. 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.