Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0How Denning works: jobs, income and commuting
About one in ten stay in Denning for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (8%, 94 miles). The average commute takes 36 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). 174 jobs are based in Denning, against 157 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Denning by day and by night
On a workday 142 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 159 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 (1.11 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.
Commuting out of Denning: the destinations
Where Denning clocks in
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Denning, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 174. 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 Denning’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 36 minutes in Denning
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Denning workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 154 commuters (the 18% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Denning
About 36% 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.
Next door is work for 20% of Denning
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Denning workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denning | – | — | — | 36 min | $86,250 |
| Hardenburgh | 4% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Olive | under 2% | C+ | B− | 30 min | $114,018 |
| Neversink | under 2% | B− | C+ | 32 min | $80,682 |
| Rochester | under 2% | C+ | B | 36 min | $86,691 |
| Shandaken | 8% | C− | B− | 31 min | $66,031 |
| Wawarsing | 3% | C− | A− | 30 min | $64,321 |
| Rockland | 5% | C | B− | 24 min | $52,778 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hardenburgh: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Shandaken. Darker towns draw more of Denning’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 Denning: questions
What is the median household income in Denning?
$86,250 (±$27,342) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Denning?
35.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Denning?
36 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Denning work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (8%, 94 mi), Shandaken (8%, 10 mi), Rockland (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Denning without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Denning, from the people who make the trip.
More of Denning
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.