Clermont · Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Clermont works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 73% of U.S. towns. There are 312 jobs in Clermont, and 952 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Clermont 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
Jobs and commuting in Clermont: the gist
Clermont makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Clermont are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Clermont residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 13%. The jobs ↓
Clermont empties out on a workday
About 1,400 people are in Clermont on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 2,000 who live here: 880 head out to work and 240 come in. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Clermont are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 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; with 952 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Clermont
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clermont is better than 56% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Clermont’s grade up ($95,104, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clermont could be anywhere from C to A−.
A place that makes things: 47% of Clermont’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clermont, 2013 → 2023: 166 → 312. 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 Clermont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Clermont
On a workday 881 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Clermont 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.
How long Clermont spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clermont workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 899 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.
14% of working residents work in Red Hook
Where Clermont clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
How far it is to work from Clermont
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Clermont start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clermont is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,028 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). 6.1% of Clermont households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Clermont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clermont is 1,881st of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,879 | Climax Township MI | 2,381 | $76K | 8.5% | 11.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,880 | Durham NY | 2,603 | $81K | 4.1% | 3.5% | 13% | B |
| 1,881 | Clermont NY | 2,022 | $95K | 8.0% | 4.2% | 7% | B |
| 1,882 | West Rutland VT | 2,200 | $61K | 6.8% | 1.3% | 7% | B |
| 1,883 | Ross OH | 2,601 | $65K | 11.2% | 3.5% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Clermont, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Clermont and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clermont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont | – | B | B− | 24 min | $95,104 |
| Livingston | under 3% | C− | B | 20 min | $54,024 |
| Gallatin | under 3% | B− | C+ | 30 min | $89,412 |
| Germantown | under 3% | B | B+ | 24 min | $97,564 |
| Red Hook | 14% | B+ | A− | 26 min | $112,363 |
| Saugerties | under 3% | B− | B+ | 23 min | $78,271 |
| Milan | under 3% | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $104,318 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Red Hook. Darker towns draw more of Clermont’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 Clermont: questions
What is the median household income in Clermont?
$95,104 (±$15,935) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clermont?
8.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clermont?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clermont work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Hook (14%, 5 mi), New York City (8%, 98 mi), Rhinebeck (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clermont walkable?
Clermont is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clermont without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clermont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clermont
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.