Photo: Anthony22 (Uploads) · CC BY-SA 3.0Patterson has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 79.0 in New York City. Employers in Patterson report 2,531 jobs, and 5,433 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Patterson C+; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Patterson in brief
Patterson’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Patterson is New York City, 60 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (1,330) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Patterson than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Patterson fell from 3,392 in 2013 to 2,531 in 2023, −25%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Patterson: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Patterson is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #471 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Patterson’s grade up ($102,149, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Patterson could be anywhere from C to B.
Short hops and long hauls from Patterson
About 30% 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.
What Patterson’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Patterson, 2013 → 2023: 3,392 → 2,531. 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 Patterson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Patterson: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 5,071 residents head out to work, 362 work right here, and 2,169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,700 people are in Patterson 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 2023, primary jobs.
24% of working residents work in New York City
Where Patterson clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
How long Patterson spends getting to work: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Patterson workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,380 commuters (the 13% 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.
Patterson is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Patterson is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #263 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,056 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 8% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% 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). 7.2% of Patterson households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Patterson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000, Patterson ranks 1,779th of 2,695 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Hastings-on-Hudson NY | 8,440 | $194K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,777 | Vermillion SD | 11,720 | $50K | 24.4% | 8.5% | 48% | C+ |
| 1,778 | Cody WY | 10,377 | $73K | 9.5% | 3.4% | 66% | C+ |
| 1,779 | Patterson NY | 11,640 | $102K | 17.6% | 7.1% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,780 | Blacklick Estates OH | 8,389 | $69K | 12.7% | 7.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,781 | University of Virginia VA | 9,065 | $53K | 23.8% | 10.9% | 22% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Patterson, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to Patterson
The biggest share goes to Southeast (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Patterson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson | – | C+ | A− | 37 min | $102,149 |
| Pawling | under 2% | A− | B+ | 37 min | $120,592 |
| Kent | under 2% | A− | B+ | 39 min | $129,012 |
| Southeast | 8% | A− | A | 34 min | $110,815 |
| Lake Carmel | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Carmel: 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 Patterson’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 Patterson: questions
What is the median household income in Patterson?
$102,149 (±$12,674) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Patterson?
17.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Patterson?
37 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Patterson work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (24%, 60 mi), Southeast (8%, 5 mi), Carmel (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Patterson walkable?
Patterson is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Patterson without a car?
7% 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 Patterson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Patterson
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.