Bard College at work: jobs, income and the commute
Only 4% work in Bard College; the top destination outside it is New York City (30%, 94 miles). For 39% of workers, the job is at home; New York has 15%. Working residents average 10 minutes each way, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Bard College
On a workday 117 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Bard College’s working residents head each day
Where Bard College clocks in
30% of workers
11% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Bard College
144 jobs are based in Bard College.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bard College, 2014 → 2024: 1,217 → 144. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bard College’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 10 minutes from Bard College
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bard College workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 305 commuters (the 39% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Bard College commutes
About 49% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bard College: questions
What is the median household income in Bard College?
$216,406 (±$1,543) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bard College?
0.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bard College?
10 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 39% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bard College work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (30%, 94 mi), Red Hook (11%, 1 mi), Rhinebeck (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bard College without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bard College, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bard College
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.