Lexington House · Photo: RobertDrake2015 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lexington works elsewhere
Home is the office for 36% of workers; New York has 15%. Lexington has 47 jobs, and 243 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Lexington; the top destination outside it is New York City (15%, 109 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lexington, in a few figures
Lexington’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lexington is New York City, 109 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (36) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Lexington is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in Lexington, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lexington has about 570 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Lexington
37% of Lexington workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
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 243 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many miles Lexington commutes
About 35% 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.
A workday in Lexington: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 240 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Lexington on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Lexington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lexington workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 240 commuters (the 37% 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 places Lexington commutes to
Where Lexington clocks in
15% of workers
14% 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.
In Lexington, 70% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lexington, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 47. 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 Lexington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lexington and its neighbors: 18% work next door
The biggest share goes to Hunter (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lexington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington | – | — | — | 31 min | $129,028 |
| Jewett | 4% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Ashland | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Hunter | 14% | C | B+ | 17 min | $66,827 |
| Halcott | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Shandaken | under 3% | C− | B− | 31 min | $66,031 |
| Prattsville | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jewett: not graded. Ashland: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Halcott and Prattsville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lexington’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 Lexington: questions
What is the median household income in Lexington?
$129,028 (±$20,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lexington?
8.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lexington?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lexington work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (15%, 109 mi), Hunter (14%, 11 mi), Windham (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lexington 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 Lexington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lexington
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.