Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Minisink top those of 91% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Minisink is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (C). 5.1% of residents are in poverty, against 14.0% across New York. Only 3% work in Minisink; the top destination outside it is New York City (14%, 56 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Minisink, in a few figures
Minisink’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Minisink is New York City, 56 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (261) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Minisink is a place people come home to
There are 220 jobs based in Minisink, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Minisink has about 3,000 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Minisink workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Minisink
Household income holds Minisink’s grade up ($127,690, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Minisink could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where in the region Minisink works
About 22% 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.
Minisink by day and by night
On a workday 1,856 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Minisink on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.12 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.
Time on the road from Minisink: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minisink workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,174 commuters (the 12% 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.
Commuting out of Minisink: the destinations
Where Minisink clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
What Minisink’s employers do
220 jobs are based in Minisink.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minisink, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 220. 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 Minisink’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Minisink gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,480 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). 3.6% of Minisink households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Minisink’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Minisink is 1,036th of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,034 | Straban Township PA | 4,968 | $88K | 7.1% | 2.3% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,035 | Redding Township IN | 5,325 | $86K | 6.3% | 2.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,036 | Minisink NY | 4,688 | $128K | 5.1% | 4.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,037 | Vandenberg AFB CA | 3,477 | $84K | 1.4% | 6.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,038 | Elmwood LA | 6,077 | $89K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | 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 Minisink, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 15% of Minisink
The biggest share goes to Warwick (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Minisink workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minisink | – | B+ | C | 38 min | $127,690 |
| Wawayanda | 7% | B+ | C | 34 min | $143,017 |
| Warwick | 8% | B+ | A− | 40 min | $119,328 |
| Greenville | under 2% | A− | D− | 38 min | $122,521 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Minisink’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 Minisink: questions
What is the median household income in Minisink?
$127,690 (±$15,417) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minisink?
5.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minisink?
38 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minisink work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (14%, 56 mi), Wallkill (11%, 14 mi), Warwick (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Minisink walkable?
Minisink is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Minisink without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minisink, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minisink
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.