Haines Falls at work: jobs, income and the commute
Hardly any work in Haines Falls; the top destination outside it is Hunter (24%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole. There are 44 jobs in Haines Falls, and 72 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Haines Falls
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 44 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.
0.61 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Haines Falls ends
Where Haines Falls clocks in
24% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Haines Falls
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haines Falls, 2014 → 2024: 29 → 44. 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 Haines Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Haines Falls
of Haines Falls workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 commuters (the 9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Haines Falls
About 33% 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.
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 Haines Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Haines Falls?
$118,438 (±$35,466) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haines Falls?
0.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Haines Falls work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hunter (24%, 3 mi), New York City (11%, 106 mi), Albany (6%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Haines Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Haines Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haines Falls
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.