Photo: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Pine Bush earns its living
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where New York as a whole has 15%. Only 5% work in Pine Bush itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (16%, 68 miles). Working residents average 28 minutes each way; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pine Bush at work: what stands out
Pine Bush’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pine Bush is New York City, 68 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (107) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Pine Bush
64% of Pine Bush residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 28% of the jobs based in Pine Bush pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Pine Bush than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Pine Bush fell from 801 in 2013 to 567 in 2023, −29%. 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 ↓
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; with 653 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Pine Bush
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 kinds of work in Pine Bush
567 jobs are based in Pine Bush.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Bush, 2013 → 2023: 801 → 567. 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 Pine Bush’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Pine Bush
On a workday 621 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 535 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 (0.87 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.
Where Pine Bush’s working residents head each day
Where Pine Bush clocks in
16% of workers
9% 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.
Getting to work from Pine Bush takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Bush workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 696 commuters (the 6% 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.
Around Pine Bush: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Bush workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Bush | – | — | — | 28 min | $86,786 |
| Shawangunk | 5% | B− | C | 35 min | $109,536 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Shawangunk. Darker towns draw more of Pine Bush’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 Pine Bush: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Bush?
$86,786 (±$27,129) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Bush?
28.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Bush?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Bush work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (16%, 68 mi), Montgomery (9%, 7 mi), Wallkill (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Bush without a car?
0% 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 Pine Bush, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Bush
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.