Most of Kauneonga Lake commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
32% of workers have no commute at all, against 15% across New York. Kauneonga Lake has 41 jobs for 97 working residents. Only 1% work in Kauneonga Lake; the top destination outside it is New York City (14%, 85 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Kauneonga Lake
On a workday 96 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Kauneonga Lake on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
Where Kauneonga Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Kauneonga Lake clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Kauneonga Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kauneonga Lake, 2014 → 2024: 45 → 41. 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 Kauneonga Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Kauneonga Lake: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kauneonga Lake workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 137 commuters (the 33% 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 Kauneonga Lake commutes less than 38 miles
About 38% 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.
Next door to Kauneonga Lake
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kauneonga Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kauneonga Lake | – | — | — | 20 min | $176,000 |
| White Lake | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. White Lake: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kauneonga Lake’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 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 Kauneonga Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Kauneonga Lake?
$176,000 (±$21,883) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kauneonga Lake?
1.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kauneonga Lake?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kauneonga Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (14%, 85 mi), Thompson (13%, 9 mi), Bethel (9%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Kauneonga Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 38% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kauneonga Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kauneonga 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.