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Jobs & commute in Cementon

Cementon has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any stay in Cementon for work; outside it, Catskill is the main destination (28%, 5 miles). 31 jobs are based in Cementon, against 61 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (New York 15%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Cementon

On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.

61live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
31work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night220
Workday190
220live here− 61head out to work+ 31come in to work= 190on a workday

About 190 people are in Cementon on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.51jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Cementon ends

Hudson: 2 residents work here (3%)Kingston: 3 residents work here (5%)Albany: 3 residents work here (5%)New York: 5 residents work here (8%)Cairo: 2 residents work here (3%)Catskill: 17 residents work here (28%)Saugerties: 3 residents work here (5%)ManheimDurhamHunter: 2 residents work here (3%)WaddingtonClaverack: 2 residents work here (3%)Coxsackie: 3 residents work here (5%)GermantownCementonCatskillNew YorkKingstonAlbanySaugertiesCoxsackieCementon
1
Catskill5.1 mi away
28%17
2
New York City101.8 mi away
8%5
3
Kingston14.7 mi away
5%3
4
Albany37.1 mi away
5%3
5
Saugerties4.6 mi away
5%3
6
Coxsackie14.8 mi away
5%3
7
Hudson10.5 mi away
3%2
8
Cairo12.3 mi away
3%2
9
Hunter12.1 mi away
3%2
10
Claverack13.1 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%19
The top trips

Where Cementon clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Cementon

Jobs based in CementonJobs Cementon residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%18%
Trade, transport & utilities0%11%
Services: health, schools, offices100%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less16%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month3%25%
Over $3,333 a month81%66%

Who does it

29 or younger19%11%
30 to 5461%39%
55 and older19%49%

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 Cementon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Cementon

Working from home
0%

of Cementon workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Cementon gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 78 commuters (the 0% 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 far

How far it is to work from Cementon

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCatskill: 28% · 5.1 miNew York City: 8% · 101.8 miKingston: 5% · 14.7 miAlbany: 5% · 37.1 miSaugerties: 5% · 4.6 miCoxsackie: 5% · 14.8 miHudson: 3% · 10.5 miCairo: 3% · 12.3 miHunter: 3% · 12.1 miClaverack: 3% · 13.1 miCatskill 28%New York City 8%Kingston 5%Albany 5%Saugerties 5%Cementon
CementonTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi20 residents
31%10–24 mi19 residents
20%25–50 mi12 residents
16%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 16% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Cementon: questions

What is the median household income in Cementon?

$68,821 (±$6,301) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Cementon?

0.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Cementon work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Catskill (28%, 5 mi), New York City (8%, 102 mi), Kingston (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Cementon without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Cementon, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Cementon

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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.