Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Pittstown has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Pittstown has 199 jobs for 2,520 working residents. Only 3% stay in Pittstown for work; outside it, Albany is the main destination (15%, 20 miles). Household incomes here are higher than in 70% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Pittstown apart on work
Pittstown’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pittstown is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #478 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Pittstown’s grade up ($92,098, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pittstown could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Pittstown
On a workday 2,438 residents head out to work, 82 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Pittstown on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Out of Pittstown to work: where people go
Where Pittstown clocks in
15% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 42% of Pittstown’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pittstown, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 199. 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 Pittstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Pittstown: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pittstown workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,456 commuters (the 10% 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 many miles Pittstown commutes
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.
For most of Pittstown, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pittstown is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #714 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,744 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). 1.1% of Pittstown households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pittstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pittstown is 2,238th of 3,612 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 17 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,236 | Aumsville OR | 4,241 | $91K | 13.5% | 7.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,237 | Great Barrington MA | 7,239 | $84K | 9.2% | 5.0% | 32% | C+ |
| 2,238 | Pittstown NY | 5,472 | $92K | 13.2% | 5.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,239 | Hamilton MT | 5,451 | $49K | 8.8% | 2.0% | 45% | C+ |
| 2,240 | Erwin NC | 4,956 | $51K | 12.2% | 2.4% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,612 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Pittstown, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 10% of Pittstown
The biggest share goes to Schaghticoke (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pittstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittstown | – | C+ | D | 29 min | $92,098 |
| Schaghticoke | 5% | A | C− | 27 min | $107,083 |
| Hoosick | under 3% | C+ | B | 32 min | $63,372 |
| Grafton | under 3% | B− | D− | 33 min | $100,809 |
| Cambridge | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Brunswick | 5% | A | C+ | 27 min | $107,350 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cambridge: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pittstown’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 Pittstown: questions
What is the median household income in Pittstown?
$92,098 (±$13,429) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pittstown?
13.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pittstown?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pittstown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (15%, 20 mi), Colonie (12%, 16 mi), Troy (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pittstown walkable?
Pittstown is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pittstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pittstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pittstown
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.