Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Ellenville have lower incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
Ellenville grades D for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. The poverty rate is 35.0%, against 14.0% across New York. 8% of workers have no commute at all, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Ellenville, in brief
Commutes from Ellenville are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker, and quicker than any town next door (30 to 35 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Ellenville and Wawarsing trade workers both ways
Wawarsing is the top workplace for Ellenville residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Ellenville come from (42% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 drives the Jobs & income grade in Ellenville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ellenville is better than 12% of U.S. towns, #713 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Ellenville’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ellenville could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Getting to work from Ellenville takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellenville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,453 commuters (the 8% 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.
23% of working residents work in Wawarsing
Where Ellenville clocks in
23% of workers
13% of workers
5% 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 many miles Ellenville commutes
About 30% 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.
How a workday changes Ellenville
On a workday 1,277 residents head out to work, 205 work right here, and 899 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.
0.74 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Ellenville’s employers do
1,104 jobs are based in Ellenville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellenville, 2013 → 2023: 1,105 → 1,104. 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 Ellenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Ellenville, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ellenville is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #96 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Ellenville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,579 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 99% 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). 17.2% of Ellenville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ellenville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,700, Ellenville ranks 3,737th of 4,195 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,735 | Portland NY | 3,926 | $66K | 19.8% | 7.3% | 14% | D |
| 3,736 | St. Martinville LA | 5,229 | $36K | 22.3% | 9.0% | 10% | D |
| 3,737 | Ellenville NY | 4,201 | $43K | 35.0% | 4.5% | 14% | D |
| 3,738 | Marion VA | 5,555 | $41K | 20.7% | 4.8% | 29% | D |
| 3,739 | Saxon SC | 4,085 | $32K | 45.8% | 8.1% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,195 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Ellenville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 23% of Ellenville’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ellenville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellenville | – | D | A+ | 21 min | $42,969 |
| Wawarsing | 23% | C− | A− | 30 min | $64,321 |
| Shawangunk | under 2% | B− | C | 35 min | $109,536 |
| Cragsmoor | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cragsmoor: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wawarsing. Darker towns draw more of Ellenville’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 Ellenville: questions
What is the median household income in Ellenville?
$42,969 (±$27,804) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellenville?
35.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellenville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellenville work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wawarsing (23%, 4 mi), New York City (13%, 75 mi), Wallkill (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ellenville walkable?
Ellenville is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.7 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ellenville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ellenville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellenville
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.