Most of Hillside Lake commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hillside Lake has 18 jobs, against 463 working residents. Hardly any work in Hillside Lake itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (14%, 66 miles). 2% of workers work from home, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hillside Lake: the figures worth knowing
Hillside Lake’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hillside Lake is New York City, 66 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (67) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hillside Lake is a place people come home to
There are 18 jobs based in Hillside Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hillside Lake has about 340 people in it, 57% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hillside Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 463 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hillside Lake
About 28% 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.
In and out of Hillside Lake on a workday
On a workday 463 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Hillside Lake on a workday afternoon, 57% 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 2024, primary jobs.
From Hillside Lake, about 40 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hillside Lake workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 371 commuters (the 2% 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.
Where Hillside Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Hillside Lake clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Hillside Lake works in goods: 44% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hillside Lake, 2014 → 2024: 17 → 18. 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 Hillside Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Hillside Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Hillside Lake?
$95,231 (±$29,791) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hillside Lake?
1.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hillside Lake?
40 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hillside Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (14%, 66 mi), East Fishkill (9%, 4 mi), Poughkeepsie (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hillside Lake without a car?
7% 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 Hillside Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hillside Lake
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.