Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Hoosick Falls earn less than those in 90% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 16.1%; New York has 14.0%. Hoosick Falls grades C for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in ten work in Hoosick Falls itself; outside it, Bennington draws the most (20%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hoosick Falls
A lot of Hoosick Falls workers cross into Vermont
26% of Hoosick Falls workers work outside New York, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Bennington (20%) is one of the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Hoosick Falls makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Hoosick Falls are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hoosick Falls residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind Hoosick Falls’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hoosick Falls is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #603 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Hoosick Falls’ grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($48,214, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hoosick Falls could be anywhere from D to B−.
The places Hoosick Falls commutes to
Where Hoosick Falls clocks in
20% of workers
19% of workers
8% 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.
Hoosick Falls works in goods: 40% of its jobs
601 jobs are based in Hoosick Falls.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hoosick Falls, 2013 → 2023: 793 → 601. 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 Hoosick Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Hoosick Falls, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,216 residents head out to work, 155 work right here, and 446 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Hoosick Falls on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.44 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 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Hoosick Falls: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hoosick Falls workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 953 commuters (the 13% 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.
How far Hoosick Falls’ workers travel
About 18% 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.
Hoosick Falls is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hoosick Falls is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #282 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,096 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 18.5% of Hoosick Falls households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hoosick Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
Hoosick Falls next to U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300: 3,397th of 4,698 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,395 | St. Ignace MI | 2,351 | $65K | 24.6% | 1.6% | 35% | C |
| 3,396 | Waterford Township OH | 3,458 | $58K | 15.1% | 2.8% | 16% | C |
| 3,397 | Hoosick Falls NY | 3,171 | $48K | 16.1% | 2.1% | 11% | C |
| 3,398 | Lansing NY | 3,814 | $72K | 23.6% | 5.4% | 6% | C |
| 3,399 | West Newton PA | 2,569 | $53K | 14.5% | 6.1% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hoosick Falls, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Hoosick Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Hoosick Falls?
$48,214 (±$7,251) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hoosick Falls?
16.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hoosick Falls?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hoosick Falls work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bennington (20%, 7 mi), Hoosick (19%, 2 mi), Albany (8%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hoosick Falls walkable?
Hoosick Falls is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hoosick Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hoosick Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hoosick 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. 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.