Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Newburgh has lower household incomes than 78% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 24.3%, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. Newburgh grades C− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. About one in seven stay in Newburgh for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (18%, 58 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Newburgh apart on work
Newburgh’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Newburgh is New York City, 58 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (2,022) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Newburgh trades workers with the towns around it
Newburgh has about as many jobs (9,984) as working residents (10,934), but they are mostly different people: 9,565 residents leave for work each day while 8,615 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Newburgh are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Newburgh are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker, and quicker than any town next door (34 to 40 minutes). 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Newburgh
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newburgh is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #615 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Newburgh’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newburgh could be anywhere from C− to C+.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Newburgh
About 29% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Newburgh
On a workday 9,565 residents head out to work, 1,369 work right here, and 8,615 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Newburgh
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newburgh workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,455 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where Newburgh’s working residents head each day
Where Newburgh clocks in
18% 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.
In Newburgh, services account for most jobs
9,984 jobs are based in Newburgh.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newburgh, 2013 → 2023: 8,211 → 9,984. 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 Newburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Newburgh, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newburgh is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #100 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Newburgh 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 12,565 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 62% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 4% 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). 22.7% of Newburgh households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Newburgh’s commuters take a bus or train.
Newburgh is 1,250th of 1,409 U.S. towns of 20,000 to 38,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Eastchester NY | 34,015 | $156K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Clifton Park NY | 37,775 | $133K | 2.3% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,248 | Terrytown LA | 24,726 | $52K | 19.2% | 8.4% | 4% | C |
| 1,249 | Windham CT | 24,139 | $56K | 20.7% | 5.8% | 23% | C− |
| 1,250 | Newburgh NY | 28,059 | $57K | 24.3% | 6.1% | 13% | C− |
| 1,251 | El Reno OK | 20,730 | $56K | 19.3% | 6.1% | 28% | C− |
| 1,252 | Scioto Township OH | 27,315 | $55K | 19.9% | 4.6% | 30% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,409 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Newburgh, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Newburgh compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to New Windsor (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newburgh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newburgh | – | C− | A+ | 26 min | $56,960 |
| New Windsor | 5% | B | A− | 37 min | $95,071 |
| Gardnertown | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Balmville | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Fishkill | 3% | B | B+ | 36 min | $101,423 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gardnertown and Balmville: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Newburgh’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 Newburgh: questions
What is the median household income in Newburgh?
$56,960 (±$9,200) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newburgh?
24.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newburgh?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newburgh work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (18%, 58 mi), Newburgh (8%, 4 mi), New Windsor (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newburgh walkable?
Newburgh is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newburgh without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. 4% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newburgh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newburgh
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.