Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0High Falls has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Working from home is the commute for 36% of workers, against 15% across New York. Employers in High Falls report 91 jobs; 290 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in High Falls; the top destination outside it is Kingston (15%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in High Falls: the gist
A lot of High Falls works from home
36% of High Falls workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from High Falls are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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 290 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Getting to work from High Falls takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of High Falls workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 265 commuters (the 36% 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.
High Falls by day and by night
On a workday 288 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in High Falls on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where people from High Falls work
Where High Falls clocks in
15% of workers
11% 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.
29% of the jobs in High Falls make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in High Falls, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 91. 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 High Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from High Falls
About 26% 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.
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 High Falls: questions
What is the poverty rate in High Falls?
11.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from High Falls?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in High Falls work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingston (15%, 10 mi), New York City (11%, 81 mi), Ulster (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around High Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from High Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of High Falls
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.