Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Gallatin works elsewhere
67 jobs are based in Gallatin for 627 working residents. Gallatin grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 27% of workers have no commute at all, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Gallatin: the gist
Gallatin is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Gallatin, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gallatin has about 1,100 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Gallatin
27% of Gallatin workers work from home, against 15% across New York. 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 627 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Gallatin’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Gallatin is better than 51% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Gallatin’s grade up (6.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (12.1%) is left out: Gallatin’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Gallatin could be anywhere from C to B+.
Who commutes out of Gallatin, and who commutes in
On a workday 618 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Gallatin on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Time on the road from Gallatin: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gallatin workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 521 commuters (the 27% 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.
8% of working residents work in Red Hook
Where Gallatin clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
In Gallatin, 46% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gallatin, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 67. 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 Gallatin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Gallatin to work
About 23% 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 Gallatin start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gallatin is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 2.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 717 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). 1.1% of Gallatin households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Gallatin’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Gallatin ranks: 2,209th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,207 | Middleport NY | 1,692 | $67K | 7.6% | 5.6% | 8% | B− |
| 2,208 | Bradford NH | 1,723 | $108K | 9.6% | 1.2% | 12% | B− |
| 2,209 | Gallatin NY | 1,616 | $89K | 6.8% | 12.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,210 | Crawford Township OH | 1,971 | $80K | 5.8% | 0.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,211 | Milford Township PA | 1,962 | $66K | 6.9% | 2.3% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Gallatin, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to Gallatin
The biggest share goes to Pine Plains (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gallatin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallatin | – | B− | C+ | 30 min | $89,412 |
| Clermont | under 3% | B | B− | 24 min | $95,104 |
| Ancram | under 3% | B− | B | 35 min | $99,773 |
| Taghkanic | under 3% | B | B− | 25 min | $86,250 |
| Livingston | under 3% | C− | B | 20 min | $54,024 |
| Pine Plains | 5% | B− | B+ | 27 min | $102,109 |
| Milan | under 3% | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $104,318 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gallatin’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 Gallatin: questions
What is the median household income in Gallatin?
$89,412 (±$13,741) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gallatin?
6.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gallatin?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gallatin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Hook (8%, 10 mi), New York City (7%, 97 mi), Rhinebeck (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gallatin walkable?
Gallatin is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 2.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gallatin without a car?
5% 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 Gallatin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gallatin
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.