Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Pine Plains have higher incomes than those in 78% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Pine Plains itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (13%, 92 miles). 9.3% of residents are in poverty; New York has 14.0%. Pine Plains grades B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pine Plains at work: what stands out
Pine Plains’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pine Plains is New York City, 92 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (127) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
Commutes from Pine Plains are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York 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; with 983 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Pine Plains
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pine Plains is better than 46% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Pine Plains’ grade up ($102,109, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pine Plains could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Half of Pine Plains commutes less than 20 miles
About 31% 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.
About 27 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Plains workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 914 commuters (the 15% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Pine Plains
On a workday 805 residents head out to work, 178 work right here, and 471 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Pine Plains on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
Where Pine Plains goes to work
Where Pine Plains clocks in
13% 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.
What the 649 jobs in Pine Plains are
649 jobs are based in Pine Plains.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Plains, 2013 → 2023: 653 → 649. 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 Plains’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Pine Plains: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pine Plains is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 15.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,071 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 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). 2.6% of Pine Plains households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pine Plains’ commuters take a bus or train.
Pine Plains is 2,479th of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,477 | Squaw Grove Township IL | 2,717 | $91K | 9.2% | 12.5% | 7% | B− |
| 2,478 | Belle Plaine Township KS | 3,025 | $91K | 9.0% | 10.1% | 3% | B− |
| 2,479 | Pine Plains NY | 2,307 | $102K | 9.3% | 5.4% | 18% | B− |
| 2,480 | Lake Isabella MI | 1,952 | $78K | 5.8% | 6.2% | 1% | B− |
| 2,481 | Inola OK | 1,888 | $59K | 9.0% | 8.0% | 11% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pine Plains, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Pine Plains
The biggest share goes to North East (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Plains workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Plains | – | B− | B+ | 27 min | $102,109 |
| Milan | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $104,318 |
| North East | 3% | B− | A− | 24 min | $84,757 |
| Gallatin | under 2% | B− | C+ | 30 min | $89,412 |
| Stanford | 3% | B | B | 30 min | $88,578 |
| Ancram | under 2% | B− | B | 35 min | $99,773 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine Plains’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 Plains: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Plains?
$102,109 (±$17,822) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Plains?
9.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Plains?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Plains work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (13%, 92 mi), Rhinebeck (4%, 14 mi), Wappinger (3%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Plains walkable?
Pine Plains is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Plains without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Plains, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Plains
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.