Photo: Julia Manzerova · CC BY-SA 3.0Hunter has lower unemployment (1.0%) than 94% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute from Hunter lasts 17 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26). Jobs and income earn Hunter C; getting around on foot earns it B+. About one in four work in Hunter itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (15%, 104 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hunter, in brief
Hunter’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hunter is New York City, 104 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (121) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Hunter are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker, and quicker than any town next door (26 to 41 minutes). Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 823 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Hunter’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hunter is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #557 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Hunter’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hunter could be anywhere from D to B−.
The commute from Hunter, by distance
About 37% 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.
Getting to work from Hunter takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hunter workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,057 commuters (the 12% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Hunter
On a workday 631 residents head out to work, 192 work right here, and 734 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 (1.13 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.
Where people from Hunter work
Where Hunter clocks in
15% of workers
4% 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.
Hunter is a services town
926 jobs are based in Hunter.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hunter, 2013 → 2023: 940 → 926. 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 Hunter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Hunter: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hunter is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #353 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 18.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,204 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of Hunter households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hunter’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hunter is 3,051st of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,049 | Bedford PA | 2,817 | $41K | 12.5% | 2.6% | 15% | C |
| 3,050 | Manti UT | 3,794 | $63K | 14.8% | 1.6% | 14% | C |
| 3,051 | Hunter NY | 2,994 | $67K | 19.6% | 1.0% | 23% | C |
| 3,052 | Schoharie NY | 3,086 | $64K | 12.2% | 3.1% | 19% | C |
| 3,053 | Bagdad AZ | 2,814 | $108K | 10.8% | 6.5% | 53% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Hunter, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Hunter
The biggest share goes to Catskill (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hunter workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter | – | C | B+ | 17 min | $66,827 |
| Jewett | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Catskill | 4% | C | B+ | 28 min | $69,321 |
| Palenville | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Lexington | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Cairo | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $79,643 |
| Woodstock | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $92,118 |
| Shandaken | under 2% | C− | B− | 31 min | $66,031 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jewett: not graded. Palenville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Lexington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hunter’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 Hunter: questions
What is the median household income in Hunter?
$66,827 (±$27,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hunter?
19.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hunter?
17 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hunter work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (15%, 104 mi), Albany (4%, 39 mi), Catskill (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hunter walkable?
Hunter is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 18% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hunter 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 Hunter, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hunter
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.