Beaverkill Valley Inn · Photo: Peter Bond from Philadelphia, USA. Cropped and color-corrected by Daniel Case on date of upload · CC BY-SA 2.0Earning a living in Hardenburgh
72 jobs are based in Hardenburgh, against 75 working residents. Only 5% work in Hardenburgh; the top destination outside it is New York City (16%, 102 miles). Working residents average 29 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Hardenburgh: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 68 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 (0.96 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.
The towns that employ Hardenburgh’s residents
Where Hardenburgh clocks in
16% of workers
16% 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 health care, schools and offices in Hardenburgh
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hardenburgh, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 72. 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 Hardenburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Hardenburgh
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hardenburgh workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 63 commuters (the 14% 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.
Half of Hardenburgh commutes less than 42 miles
About 47% 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.
Hardenburgh and its neighbors: 24% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hardenburgh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardenburgh | – | — | — | 29 min | $69,028 |
| Denning | 16% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Shandaken | 5% | C− | B− | 31 min | $66,031 |
| Rockland | under 3% | C | B− | 24 min | $52,778 |
| Andes | under 3% | C− | B | 26 min | $75,000 |
| Middletown | 3% | B− | C+ | 30 min | $78,021 |
Same-state neighbors only. Denning: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Denning. Darker towns draw more of Hardenburgh’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 Hardenburgh: questions
What is the median household income in Hardenburgh?
$69,028 (±$33,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hardenburgh?
3.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hardenburgh?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hardenburgh work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (16%, 102 mi), Denning (16%, 10 mi), Shandaken (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hardenburgh without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hardenburgh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hardenburgh
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.