Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Red Hook has higher household incomes than 82% of U.S. towns
7.9% of residents are in poverty, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. Red Hook grades A− for jobs and income and A for walkability. Only 7% work in Red Hook itself; outside it, Red Hook draws the most (22%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Red Hook: the gist
Red Hook and Red Hook trade workers both ways
Red Hook is the top workplace for Red Hook residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Red Hook come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Red Hook are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Red Hook than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Red Hook fell from 1,325 in 2013 to 896 in 2023, −32%. 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 952 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Red Hook’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Red Hook is better than 76% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Red Hook’s grade up ($107,411, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% 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.
Commuting out of Red Hook: the destinations
Where Red Hook clocks in
22% 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.
About 20 minutes to work from Red Hook
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 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 913 commuters (the 21% 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.
Jobs in Red Hook: what the 896 are
896 jobs are based in Red Hook.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Hook, 2013 → 2023: 1,325 → 896. 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.
Who commutes out of Red Hook, and who commutes in
On a workday 884 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 828 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 (0.94 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 in the region Red Hook works
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.
Red Hook is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Red Hook is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Red Hook near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,154 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). 9.6% of Red Hook households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Red Hook’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600, Red Hook ranks 834th of 5,234 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 832 | Meeme WI | 1,446 | $99K | 4.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| 833 | Lookout Mountain GA | 1,662 | $158K | 2.2% | 1.6% | 3% | A− |
| 834 | Red Hook NY | 1,956 | $107K | 7.9% | 2.4% | 7% | A− |
| 835 | Kalida OH | 1,481 | $88K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 15% | A− |
| 836 | Stephens City VA | 2,207 | $103K | 4.3% | 4.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | 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 Red Hook, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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?
$107,411 (±$23,750) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Hook?
7.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red Hook?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Red Hook work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Hook (22%, 2 mi), New York City (12%, 92 mi), Rhinebeck (9%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Red Hook walkable?
Red Hook is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Red Hook without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 10% 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.