Photo: Indefatigable2 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Beekman are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Beekman; the top destination outside it is New York City (16%, 66 miles). The poverty rate is 5.9%, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. Jobs and income earn Beekman B+; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Beekman
Beekman’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Beekman is New York City, 66 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (863) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Beekman is a place people come home to
There are 1,110 jobs based in Beekman, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Beekman has about 10,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Beekman has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Beekman went from 705 in 2013 to 1,110 in 2023, +57%. The jobs ↓
Beekman workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Beekman’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Beekman is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #217 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Beekman’s grade up ($126,250, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Beekman could be anywhere from B to A.
Near or far: the trip to work from Beekman
About 27% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Beekman on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,272 residents head out to work, 230 work right here, and 880 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Beekman on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.20 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 1,110 jobs in Beekman are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beekman, 2013 → 2023: 705 → 1,110. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beekman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Beekman: about 38 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beekman workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,363 commuters (the 13% 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.
Out of Beekman to work: where people go
Where Beekman clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
For most of Beekman, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beekman is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #511 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,176 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Beekman households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Beekman’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Beekman ranks: 881st of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 879 | Seymour TN | 16,216 | $83K | 8.3% | 3.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 880 | Monitor Township MI | 10,597 | $77K | 5.9% | 2.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 881 | Beekman NY | 14,358 | $126K | 5.9% | 4.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 882 | Mill Valley CA | 13,799 | $206K | 5.9% | 8.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 883 | Geneseo NY | 10,437 | $66K | 24.8% | 7.6% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Beekman, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Around Beekman: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to LaGrange (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beekman workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beekman | – | B+ | B− | 38 min | $126,250 |
| Pawling | under 3% | A− | B+ | 37 min | $120,592 |
| East Fishkill | 4% | A− | B− | 36 min | $138,543 |
| Union Vale | under 3% | A− | B− | 40 min | $102,888 |
| LaGrange | 5% | B+ | B | 33 min | $121,586 |
| Dover | under 3% | C+ | B | 34 min | $91,803 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beekman’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Beekman: questions
What is the median household income in Beekman?
$126,250 (±$12,928) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beekman?
5.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beekman?
38 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beekman work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (16%, 66 mi), Poughkeepsie (8%, 12 mi), LaGrange (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beekman walkable?
Beekman is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beekman without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beekman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beekman
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.