Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Mountain Dale works elsewhere
65 jobs are based in Mountain Dale; 156 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Mountain Dale for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (22%, 77 miles). For 32% of workers, the job is at home; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Mountain Dale: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 154 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Mountain Dale on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Mountain Dale: the destinations
Where Mountain Dale clocks in
22% of workers
17% 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.
Jobs in Mountain Dale: what the 65 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountain Dale, 2014 → 2024: 26 → 65. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountain Dale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Mountain Dale, about 15 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mountain Dale workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 170 commuters (the 31% 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.
Mountain Dale’s commute, mile by mile
About 42% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Mountain Dale and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mountain Dale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Dale | – | — | — | 15 min | $41,250 |
| Mamakating | under 2% | C+ | C | 34 min | $90,631 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mountain Dale’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 2024, 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 Mountain Dale: questions
What is the median household income in Mountain Dale?
$41,250 (±$17,818) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mountain Dale?
10.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountain Dale?
15 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountain Dale work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (22%, 77 mi), Fallsburg (17%, 5 mi), Thompson (12%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mountain Dale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mountain Dale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountain Dale
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.