Barrytown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Barrytown report 5 jobs, and 20 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Barrytown for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (20%, 92 miles). The average commute takes 29 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
In and out of Barrytown on a workday
On a workday 20 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Barrytown on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
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 people from Barrytown work
Where Barrytown clocks in
20% of workers
20% of workers
15% 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.
In Barrytown, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barrytown, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 5. 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 Barrytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Barrytown: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barrytown workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 10% 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.
Half of Barrytown commutes less than 20 miles
About 40% 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 Barrytown: questions
What is the median household income in Barrytown?
$99,688 (±$70,188) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barrytown?
5.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barrytown?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barrytown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (20%, 92 mi), Red Hook (20%, 2 mi), Poughkeepsie (15%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Barrytown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barrytown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barrytown
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.