Photo: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domainPeach Lake has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Peach Lake for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (26%, 52 miles). Employers in Peach Lake report 107 jobs, against 706 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 36 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Peach Lake apart
Peach Lake’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Peach Lake is New York City, 52 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (181) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Peach Lake is a place people come home to
There are 107 jobs based in Peach Lake, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Peach Lake has about 440 people in it, 58% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 706 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Peach Lake
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.
Peach Lake by day and by night
On a workday 704 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Peach Lake on a workday afternoon, 58% 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 the trip to work from Peach Lake ends
Where Peach Lake clocks in
26% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Peach Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peach Lake, 2014 → 2024: 76 → 107. 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 Peach Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 36 minutes in Peach Lake
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peach Lake workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 517 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.
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 Peach Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Peach Lake?
$147,083 (±$32,167) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peach Lake?
4.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peach Lake?
36 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 Peach Lake work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (26%, 52 mi), Southeast (7%, 3 mi), North Salem (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Peach Lake without a car?
1% 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 Peach Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peach Lake
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.