Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Mamakating has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 1,188 jobs in Mamakating, against 4,892 working residents. The two grades for Mamakating are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 6% stay in Mamakating for work; outside it, Wallkill is the main destination (13%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Mamakating
Mamakating is a place people come home to
There are 1,188 jobs based in Mamakating, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mamakating has about 9,000 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Mamakating are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Mamakating
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mamakating is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #466 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Mamakating’s grade up ($90,631, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mamakating could be anywhere from C to B.
How a workday changes Mamakating
On a workday 4,583 residents head out to work, 309 work right here, and 879 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,000 people are in Mamakating on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The kinds of work in Mamakating
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mamakating, 2013 → 2023: 993 → 1,188. 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 Mamakating’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Mamakating to work: where people go
Where Mamakating clocks in
13% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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.
Commuting from Mamakating: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mamakating workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,236 commuters (the 11% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Mamakating
About 27% 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.
Mamakating is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mamakating is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #640 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Mamakating near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,901 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 20% 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). 7.0% of Mamakating households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mamakating’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mamakating is 1,572nd of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,570 | Bemiss GA | 9,201 | $93K | 10.7% | 6.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,571 | Bath Township OH | 9,292 | $63K | 12.2% | 3.4% | 14% | C+ |
| 1,572 | Mamakating NY | 12,701 | $91K | 13.5% | 5.2% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,573 | Traverse City MI | 15,832 | $74K | 12.3% | 5.2% | 45% | C+ |
| 1,574 | North Cornwall Township PA | 9,661 | $79K | 10.4% | 9.2% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Mamakating, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 20% of Mamakating’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mamakating workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mamakating | – | C+ | C | 34 min | $90,631 |
| Wallkill | 13% | B− | A− | 31 min | $96,076 |
| Shawangunk | under 2% | B− | C | 35 min | $109,536 |
| Crawford | under 2% | B | B− | 31 min | $134,955 |
| Walker Valley | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Bloomingburg | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Mount Hope | under 2% | A− | C− | 40 min | $91,475 |
| Fallsburg | under 2% | D | B− | 22 min | $62,452 |
| Thompson | 7% | C− | A | 25 min | $65,021 |
| Forestburgh | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Deerpark | under 2% | C | C | 32 min | $73,081 |
Same-state neighbors only. Walker Valley: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Bloomingburg and Forestburgh: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wallkill. Darker towns draw more of Mamakating’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 Mamakating: questions
What is the median household income in Mamakating?
$90,631 (±$10,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mamakating?
13.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mamakating?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mamakating work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wallkill (13%, 8 mi), New York City (12%, 70 mi), Thompson (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mamakating walkable?
Mamakating is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mamakating without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mamakating, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mamakating
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.