With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Castleton-on-Hudson works elsewhere
Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns. Castleton-on-Hudson has 201 jobs for 674 working residents. The two grades for Castleton-on-Hudson are C for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Castleton-on-Hudson and work: the main findings
Income, poverty and work: Castleton-on-Hudson’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Castleton-on-Hudson is better than 32% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Castleton-on-Hudson’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($52,056, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (19.1%) is left out: Castleton-on-Hudson’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Castleton-on-Hudson could be anywhere from C− to B+.
In and out of Castleton-on-Hudson on a workday
On a workday 644 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Castleton-on-Hudson on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2023, primary jobs.
27% of working residents work in Albany
Where Castleton-on-Hudson clocks in
27% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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 Castleton-on-Hudson, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Castleton-on-Hudson, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 201. 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 Castleton-on-Hudson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Castleton-on-Hudson spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Castleton-on-Hudson workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 576 commuters (the 18% 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 Castleton-on-Hudson commutes
About 17% 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.
Few in Castleton-on-Hudson walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Castleton-on-Hudson is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Castleton-on-Hudson near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 706 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). 9.0% of Castleton-on-Hudson households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Castleton-on-Hudson’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,423rd of 6,308: where Castleton-on-Hudson ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,421 | Union Township PA | 1,517 | $76K | 12.9% | 4.9% | 2% | C |
| 3,422 | Crystal Lakes OH | 1,245 | $63K | 25.9% | 13.1% | <1% | C |
| 3,423 | Castleton-on-Hudson NY | 1,463 | $52K | 14.1% | 19.1% | 4% | C |
| 3,424 | Berlin PA | 1,956 | $57K | 7.2% | 8.0% | 11% | C |
| 3,425 | Pine Township MI | 1,948 | $83K | 11.2% | 9.2% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Castleton-on-Hudson, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Castleton-on-Hudson: questions
What is the median household income in Castleton-on-Hudson?
$52,056 (±$27,343) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Castleton-on-Hudson?
14.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Castleton-on-Hudson?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Castleton-on-Hudson work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (27%, 9 mi), Schodack (12%, 3 mi), Colonie (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Castleton-on-Hudson walkable?
Castleton-on-Hudson is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Castleton-on-Hudson without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Castleton-on-Hudson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Castleton-on-Hudson
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.