Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Coeymans has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
1,296 jobs are based in Coeymans, and 3,215 of its residents work somewhere. Coeymans grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in ten work in Coeymans; the top destination outside it is Albany (23%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Coeymans stands out on work
Coeymans makes and builds things
49% of the jobs based in Coeymans are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Coeymans residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Coeymans 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Coeymans
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coeymans is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #191 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coeymans could be anywhere from B to A.
A place that makes things: 49% of Coeymans’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coeymans, 2013 → 2023: 1,010 → 1,296. 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 Coeymans’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Coeymans’ commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coeymans workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,343 commuters (the 15% 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.
Coeymans by day and by night
On a workday 2,910 residents head out to work, 305 work right here, and 991 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Coeymans on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where Coeymans goes to work
Where Coeymans clocks in
23% of workers
15% of workers
10% 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.
Coeymans’ commute, mile by mile
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.
Most trips from Coeymans start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coeymans is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #638 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,955 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). 4.3% of Coeymans households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Coeymans’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900, Coeymans ranks 907th of 3,154 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 15 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 905 | Belle Plaine MN | 7,632 | $99K | 2.7% | 5.3% | 15% | A− |
| 906 | Maplewood MO | 8,033 | $65K | 8.7% | 2.0% | 6% | A− |
| 907 | Coeymans NY | 7,319 | $95K | 4.8% | 3.6% | 9% | A− |
| 908 | Dacula GA | 9,373 | $101K | 6.6% | 4.8% | 2% | A− |
| 909 | Oak Brook IL | 8,108 | $176K | 6.6% | 10.0% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Coeymans, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Coeymans and its neighbors: 16% work next door
The biggest share goes to Bethlehem (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coeymans workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coeymans | – | A− | C | 28 min | $95,403 |
| Schodack | under 2% | A− | C− | 25 min | $108,074 |
| Bethlehem | 15% | A | B | 22 min | $123,893 |
| New Scotland | under 2% | A− | C− | 24 min | $122,659 |
| Westerlo | under 2% | B+ | D | 29 min | $99,167 |
| New Baltimore | 1% | B | D− | 29 min | $100,182 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coeymans’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 Coeymans: questions
What is the median household income in Coeymans?
$95,403 (±$7,506) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coeymans?
4.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coeymans?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coeymans work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (23%, 13 mi), Bethlehem (15%, 7 mi), Colonie (10%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coeymans walkable?
Coeymans is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coeymans without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coeymans, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coeymans
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.