Photo: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia.; dropped by Beyond My Ken 20:59, 24 September 2014 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0Kiryas Joel’s household incomes are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
About two in five work in Kiryas Joel itself; outside it, Palm Tree draws the most (41%, 0 miles). The poverty rate is 37.6% (New York 14.0%). For jobs and income Kiryas Joel is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kiryas Joel, in a few figures
Jobs in Kiryas Joel have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Kiryas Joel went from 3,996 in 2013 to 9,469 in 2023, +137%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Kiryas Joel are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Kiryas Joel and Palm Tree trade workers both ways
Palm Tree is the top workplace for Kiryas Joel residents (41%) and also where the most people who work in Kiryas Joel come from (47% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Kiryas Joel go to people who live here
Of the 9,469 jobs based in Kiryas Joel, 47% are held by Kiryas Joel residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
A young workforce
33% of Kiryas Joel’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Kiryas Joel
Unemployment holds Kiryas Joel’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kiryas Joel could be anywhere from C to B−.
Inside Kiryas Joel’s 9,469 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kiryas Joel, 2013 → 2023: 3,996 → 9,469. 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 Kiryas Joel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Kiryas Joel, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kiryas Joel workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,089 commuters (the 14% 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 people from Kiryas Joel work
Where Kiryas Joel clocks in
41% of workers
22% of workers
5% 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.
How many people are in Kiryas Joel by day
On a workday 6,560 residents head out to work, 4,477 work right here, and 4,992 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 (0.86 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 in the region Kiryas Joel works
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Kiryas Joel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 40.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 9.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,402 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). 42.2% of Kiryas Joel households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 12% of Kiryas Joel’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kiryas Joel next to U.S. towns of 33,000 to 64,000: 749th of 941 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Eastchester NY | 34,015 | $156K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Clifton Park NY | 37,775 | $133K | 2.3% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Valley Stream NY | 40,379 | $133K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 747 | Foothill Farms CA | 36,435 | $68K | 17.6% | 7.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 748 | Cape Girardeau MO | 40,977 | $56K | 20.8% | 2.6% | 47% | C+ |
| 749 | Kiryas Joel NY | 47,147 | $50K | 37.6% | 2.2% | 41% | C+ |
| 750 | Palm Tree NY | 47,147 | $50K | 37.6% | 2.2% | 41% | C+ |
| 751 | Wausau WI | 40,188 | $64K | 14.6% | 4.9% | 40% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 941 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Kiryas Joel, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
46% of Kiryas Joel works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kiryas Joel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiryas Joel | – | C+ | A | 19 min | $50,032 |
| Palm Tree | 41% | C+ | A | 19 min | $50,032 |
| Monroe | 5% | B+ | A | 36 min | $112,199 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Palm Tree. Darker towns draw more of Kiryas Joel’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 Kiryas Joel: questions
What is the median household income in Kiryas Joel?
$50,032 (±$7,760) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kiryas Joel?
37.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kiryas Joel?
19 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kiryas Joel work?
41% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Palm Tree (41%, 0 mi), New York City (22%, 48 mi), Ramapo (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kiryas Joel walkable?
Kiryas Joel is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 41% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kiryas Joel without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 42% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kiryas Joel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kiryas Joel
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.