With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Cragsmoor works elsewhere
Home is the office for 4% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%. Employers in Cragsmoor report 32 jobs, and 131 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Cragsmoor; the top destination outside it is New York City (14%, 73 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cragsmoor quiets down on a workday
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Cragsmoor on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Cragsmoor: the destinations
Where Cragsmoor clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
8% 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 kinds of work in Cragsmoor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cragsmoor, 2014 → 2024: 8 → 32. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cragsmoor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 34 minutes each way for Cragsmoor’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cragsmoor workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 commuters (the 4% 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.
Cragsmoor’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
Next door to Cragsmoor
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cragsmoor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cragsmoor | – | — | — | 34 min | $79,618 |
| Ellenville | under 3% | D | A+ | 21 min | $42,969 |
| Shawangunk | under 3% | B− | C | 35 min | $109,536 |
| Walker Valley | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Walker Valley: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cragsmoor’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Cragsmoor: questions
What is the median household income in Cragsmoor?
$79,618 (±$55,380) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cragsmoor?
0.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cragsmoor?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cragsmoor work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (14%, 73 mi), Wawarsing (13%, 6 mi), Kingston (8%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Cragsmoor 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 Cragsmoor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cragsmoor
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.