Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Philipstown has higher household incomes than 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Philipstown A−; getting around on foot earns it A. Poverty touches 6.5% of residents, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Philipstown, in brief
Philipstown’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Philipstown is New York City, 52 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (1,064) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Philipstown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
Jobs & income in Philipstown: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Philipstown is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #176 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Philipstown’s grade up ($140,557, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Philipstown could be anywhere from B+ to A.
How far Philipstown’s workers travel
About 15% 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.
Each way, about 40 minutes from Philipstown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Philipstown workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,831 commuters (the 22% 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.
How a workday changes Philipstown
On a workday 3,459 residents head out to work, 522 work right here, and 1,930 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,400 people are in Philipstown on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
27% of working residents work in New York City
Where Philipstown clocks in
27% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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 Philipstown: what the 2,452 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Philipstown, 2013 → 2023: 2,105 → 2,452. 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 Philipstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Philipstown
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Philipstown is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #169 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 19.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 8.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,916 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 20% 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 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% 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). 5.2% of Philipstown households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 14% of Philipstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Philipstown is 838th among 2,792 U.S. towns of 6,900 to 13,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Hastings-on-Hudson NY | 8,440 | $194K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 836 | Fairview Township PA | 11,494 | $112K | 4.9% | 3.7% | 12% | A− |
| 837 | Berwick ME | 8,436 | $95K | 4.2% | 2.5% | 6% | A− |
| 838 | Philipstown NY | 9,910 | $141K | 6.5% | 4.6% | 13% | A− |
| 839 | Clawson MI | 11,312 | $89K | 5.9% | 4.9% | 4% | A− |
| 840 | Emmaus PA | 12,514 | $84K | 7.3% | 3.3% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,792 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Philipstown, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Around Philipstown: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Cortlandt (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Philipstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philipstown | – | A− | A | 40 min | $140,557 |
| Highlands | under 2% | A− | A | 19 min | $116,111 |
| Putnam Valley | under 2% | A | B | 45 min | $137,656 |
| Fishkill | 2% | B | B+ | 36 min | $101,423 |
| Kent | under 2% | A− | B+ | 39 min | $129,012 |
| Cortlandt | 4% | B+ | A+ | 38 min | $140,030 |
| Cornwall | under 2% | A− | A− | 31 min | $114,635 |
| Stony Point | under 2% | A− | B+ | 35 min | $126,958 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Philipstown’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 Philipstown: questions
What is the median household income in Philipstown?
$140,557 (±$14,781) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Philipstown?
6.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Philipstown?
40 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Philipstown work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (27%, 52 mi), Cortlandt (4%, 11 mi), Yorktown (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Philipstown walkable?
Philipstown is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Philipstown without a car?
14% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Philipstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Philipstown
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.