Photo: Alanbell · CC BY-SA 3.0LaGrange has higher household incomes than 89% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in LaGrange for work; outside it, Poughkeepsie is the main destination (14%, 6 miles). Poverty touches 6.8% of residents, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. Jobs and income earn LaGrange B+; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in LaGrange: the gist
The four measures behind LaGrange’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, LaGrange is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #222 of 758 in New York. Household income holds LaGrange’s grade up ($121,586, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, LaGrange could be anywhere from B to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of LaGrange
On a workday 6,294 residents head out to work, 627 work right here, and 4,459 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in LaGrange on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.73 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.
Commuting out of LaGrange: the destinations
Where LaGrange clocks in
14% of workers
14% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in LaGrange: what the 5,086 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in LaGrange, 2013 → 2023: 4,681 → 5,086. 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 LaGrange’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way for LaGrange’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of LaGrange workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,101 commuters (the 10% 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 distance from LaGrange to work
About 25% 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.
In LaGrange, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, LaGrange is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #472 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,911 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). 5.6% of LaGrange households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of LaGrange’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000, LaGrange ranks 831st of 1,999 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Victor NY | 16,422 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 829 | Cameron Park CA | 18,315 | $102K | 7.0% | 4.5% | 6% | B+ |
| 830 | New Carrollton MD | 13,644 | $82K | 4.9% | 6.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 831 | LaGrange NY | 16,689 | $122K | 6.8% | 4.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 832 | Hartford WI | 16,005 | $82K | 9.0% | 2.8% | 19% | B+ |
| 833 | Grantsville UT | 16,472 | $101K | 5.9% | 2.9% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 LaGrange, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 25% of LaGrange
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | LaGrange workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaGrange | – | B+ | B | 33 min | $121,586 |
| Poughkeepsie | 14% | B+ | A | 27 min | $97,724 |
| Red Oaks Mill | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Pleasant Valley | 1% | B+ | B− | 33 min | $101,731 |
| Wappinger | 6% | A− | B | 28 min | $95,234 |
| Union Vale | under 2% | A− | B− | 40 min | $102,888 |
| Beekman | under 2% | B+ | B− | 38 min | $126,250 |
| MacDonnell Heights | under 2% | — | — | 50 min | — |
| East Fishkill | 4% | A− | B− | 36 min | $138,543 |
Same-state neighbors only. Red Oaks Mill and MacDonnell Heights: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Poughkeepsie. Darker towns draw more of LaGrange’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 LaGrange: questions
What is the median household income in LaGrange?
$121,586 (±$10,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in LaGrange?
6.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from LaGrange?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in LaGrange work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poughkeepsie (14%, 6 mi), New York City (14%, 71 mi), Poughkeepsie (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is LaGrange walkable?
LaGrange is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around LaGrange without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from LaGrange, from the people who make the trip.
More of LaGrange
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.