Bevier Stone House · Public domainMarbletown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns. 1,058 jobs are based in Marbletown; 2,205 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Marbletown 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
What sets Marbletown apart on work
Home offices are common in Marbletown
34% of Marbletown workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Marbletown has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Marbletown went from 757 in 2013 to 1,058 in 2023, +40%. 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.
Marbletown’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marbletown is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #445 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Marbletown’s grade up ($114,330, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marbletown could be anywhere from C to A.
Getting to work from Marbletown takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marbletown workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,591 commuters (the 34% 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.
Marbletown makes things: 34% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marbletown, 2013 → 2023: 757 → 1,058. 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 Marbletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Marbletown
On a workday 1,947 residents head out to work, 258 work right here, and 800 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Marbletown on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
13% of working residents work in Kingston
Where Marbletown clocks in
13% of workers
12% 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.
Where in the region Marbletown works
About 28% 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.
Driving is how Marbletown gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marbletown is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #397 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,418 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). 7.4% of Marbletown households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Marbletown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marbletown is 2,078th of 3,527 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,076 | Floyd Township IN | 4,276 | $88K | 10.9% | 4.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,077 | St. Marys Township KS | 4,018 | $82K | 8.7% | 5.1% | 34% | B− |
| 2,078 | Marbletown NY | 5,759 | $114K | 11.7% | 5.7% | 12% | B− |
| 2,079 | Verona NY | 5,835 | $84K | 6.7% | 7.5% | 17% | B− |
| 2,080 | Wauseon OH | 7,430 | $64K | 8.9% | 4.5% | 29% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Marbletown, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
15% of Marbletown works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to New Paltz (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marbletown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marbletown | – | B− | B | 35 min | $114,330 |
| New Paltz | 7% | B+ | A | 26 min | $83,133 |
| Olive | under 2% | C+ | B− | 30 min | $114,018 |
| Rochester | 6% | C+ | B | 36 min | $86,691 |
| Hurley | under 2% | B+ | B− | 23 min | $101,099 |
| Rosendale | 2% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $71,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marbletown’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 Marbletown: questions
What is the median household income in Marbletown?
$114,330 (±$15,161) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marbletown?
11.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marbletown?
35 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marbletown work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingston (13%, 9 mi), New York City (12%, 84 mi), New Paltz (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marbletown walkable?
Marbletown is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marbletown without a car?
3% 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 Marbletown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marbletown
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.