Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0At 3.2%, unemployment in Claverack is lower than in 66% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 28 minutes each way, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S. The two grades for Claverack are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in seven work in Claverack; the top destination outside it is Hudson (15%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Claverack and work: the main findings
Claverack trades workers with the towns around it
Claverack has about as many jobs (2,232) as working residents (2,102), but they are mostly different people: 1,832 residents leave for work each day while 1,962 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Claverack are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Claverack are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York 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.
What’s behind Claverack’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Claverack is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #409 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Claverack’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Claverack could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,832 residents head out to work, 270 work right here, and 1,962 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 (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Claverack
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Claverack workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,432 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.
Commuting out of Claverack: the destinations
Where Claverack clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
The jobs
2,232 jobs are based in Claverack.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Claverack, 2013 → 2023: 1,856 → 2,232. 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 Claverack’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Claverack to work
About 28% 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.
Claverack is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Claverack is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #426 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,809 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.1% of Claverack households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Claverack’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100, Claverack ranks 1,857th of 3,394 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,855 | Glencoe MN | 5,632 | $71K | 9.2% | 3.4% | 26% | B− |
| 1,856 | Ellwood City PA | 7,362 | $67K | 9.5% | 4.3% | 12% | B− |
| 1,857 | Claverack NY | 5,980 | $74K | 7.8% | 3.2% | 13% | B− |
| 1,858 | Lake of the Pines CA | 5,461 | $122K | 8.5% | 5.0% | 6% | B− |
| 1,859 | St. Rose LA | 7,644 | $74K | 8.1% | 8.8% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Claverack, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 10% of Claverack
The biggest share goes to Ghent (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Claverack workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claverack | – | B− | B | 28 min | $74,111 |
| Greenport | 3% | C− | A− | 19 min | — |
| Lorenz Park | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Stottville | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Ghent | 4% | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $82,092 |
| Taghkanic | 3% | B | B− | 25 min | $86,250 |
| Livingston | under 2% | C− | B | 20 min | $54,024 |
| Stockport | under 2% | B− | C | 28 min | $98,958 |
| Hillsdale | under 2% | C | B | 19 min | $76,700 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lorenz Park and Stottville: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Claverack’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 Claverack: questions
What is the median household income in Claverack?
$74,111 (±$11,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Claverack?
7.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Claverack?
28 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 Claverack work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hudson (15%, 5 mi), New York City (11%, 108 mi), Albany (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Claverack walkable?
Claverack is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Claverack without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Claverack, from the people who make the trip.
More of Claverack
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.