Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Red Hook have higher incomes than those in 85% of U.S. towns
23% of workers work from home; New York has 15%. Below the poverty line: 8.2% of residents (New York 14.0%). Red Hook grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Red Hook at work: what stands out
Red Hook’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Red Hook is New York City, 94 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (555) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Red Hook trades workers with the towns around it
Red Hook has about as many jobs (4,635) as working residents (4,613), but they are mostly different people: 3,472 residents leave for work each day while 3,494 people come in. Only 25% of the jobs in Red Hook are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Red Hook are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Red Hook
23% of Red Hook workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Red Hook pay little
28% of the jobs based in Red Hook pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 31% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
The figures behind Red Hook’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Red Hook is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #231 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Red Hook’s grade up ($112,363, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Red Hook could be anywhere from B to A−.
How far Red Hook’s workers travel
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 daily flow of workers through Red Hook
On a workday 3,472 residents head out to work, 1,141 work right here, and 3,494 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 (1.00 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.
The daily trip from Red Hook: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Red Hook workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,339 commuters (the 23% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Red Hook
4,635 jobs are based in Red Hook.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Hook, 2013 → 2023: 3,467 → 4,635. 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 Red Hook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
12% of working residents work in New York City
Where Red Hook clocks in
12% of workers
9% 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.
In Red Hook, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Red Hook is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #315 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,631 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). 5.3% of Red Hook households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Red Hook’s commuters take a bus or train.
Red Hook next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000: 981st of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Hastings-on-Hudson NY | 8,440 | $194K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 979 | Channahon IL | 14,530 | $119K | 5.9% | 7.4% | 6% | B+ |
| 980 | Liberty Township IN | 11,151 | $97K | 9.2% | 3.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 981 | Red Hook NY | 11,129 | $112K | 8.2% | 2.9% | 25% | B+ |
| 982 | Cumming GA | 12,494 | $86K | 13.4% | 2.4% | 10% | B+ |
| 983 | Basehor KS | 8,249 | $117K | 7.0% | 6.3% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Red Hook, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 13% of Red Hook
The biggest share goes to Rhinebeck (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Red Hook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hook | – | B+ | A− | 26 min | $112,363 |
| Saugerties | 1% | B− | B+ | 23 min | $78,271 |
| Glasco | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Ulster | 3% | B− | B− | 21 min | $79,769 |
| Milan | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $104,318 |
| Saugerties South | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Saugerties | under 2% | D | A | 22 min | $57,778 |
| Clermont | under 2% | B | B− | 24 min | $95,104 |
| Rhinebeck | 9% | B− | A | 29 min | $93,284 |
Same-state neighbors only. Glasco and Saugerties South: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Red Hook’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 Red Hook: questions
What is the median household income in Red Hook?
$112,363 (±$7,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Hook?
8.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red Hook?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Red Hook work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (12%, 94 mi), Rhinebeck (9%, 6 mi), Poughkeepsie (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Red Hook walkable?
Red Hook is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Red Hook without a car?
3% 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 Red Hook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Hook
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.