Myers Corner has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The average commute takes 29 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). 2,025 jobs are based in Myers Corner for 4,716 working residents. Only 3% stay in Myers Corner for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (15%, 64 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Myers Corner in brief
Myers Corner’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Myers Corner is New York City, 64 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (689) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
51% of the jobs in Myers Corner are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How many miles Myers Corner commutes
About 26% 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.
67% of the jobs in Myers Corner pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Myers Corner, 2014 → 2024: 2,105 → 2,025. 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 Myers Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Myers Corner by day
On a workday 4,580 residents head out to work, 136 work right here, and 1,889 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,200 people are in Myers Corner on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where Myers Corner goes to work
Where Myers Corner clocks in
15% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
Myers Corner’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Myers Corner workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,631 commuters (the 16% 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.
Work in the towns next to Myers Corner
The biggest share goes to East Fishkill (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Myers Corner workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myers Corner | – | — | — | 29 min | $105,718 |
| East Fishkill | 5% | A− | B− | 36 min | $138,543 |
| New Hackensack | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Wappingers Falls | under 2% | B− | A | 24 min | $65,040 |
Same-state neighbors only. New Hackensack: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Myers Corner’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 Myers Corner: questions
What is the median household income in Myers Corner?
$105,718 (±$9,666) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Myers Corner?
4.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Myers Corner?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Myers Corner work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (15%, 64 mi), Wappinger (12%, 0 mi), Poughkeepsie (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Myers Corner without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Myers Corner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Myers Corner
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.