Most of Red Oaks Mill commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26. 514 jobs are based in Red Oaks Mill, and 1,658 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Red Oaks Mill itself; outside it, Poughkeepsie draws the most (17%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Red Oaks Mill at work: what stands out
Red Oaks Mill’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Red Oaks Mill is New York City, 68 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (224) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Red Oaks Mill
69% of Red Oaks Mill residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Red Oaks Mill pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 100% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Red Oaks Mill empties out on a workday
About 2,100 people are in Red Oaks Mill on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than the 3,300 who live here: 1,700 head out to work and 510 come in. Day and night ↓
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 distance from Red Oaks Mill to work
About 26% 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.
What Red Oaks Mill’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Oaks Mill, 2013 → 2023: 608 → 514. 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 Oaks Mill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Red Oaks Mill for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,651 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Red Oaks Mill on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where Red Oaks Mill’s working residents head each day
Where Red Oaks Mill clocks in
17% of workers
14% 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 30 minutes each way for Red Oaks Mill’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Red Oaks Mill workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,801 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.
12% of Red Oaks Mill works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Wappinger (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Red Oaks Mill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Oaks Mill | – | — | — | 30 min | $116,467 |
| Spackenkill | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| LaGrange | 3% | B+ | B | 33 min | $121,586 |
| Wappinger | 9% | A− | B | 28 min | $95,234 |
| Titusville | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spackenkill and Titusville: 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 Oaks Mill’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 Oaks Mill: questions
What is the median household income in Red Oaks Mill?
$116,467 (±$37,212) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Oaks Mill?
2.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red Oaks Mill?
30 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 Red Oaks Mill work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poughkeepsie (17%, 2 mi), New York City (14%, 68 mi), Wappinger (9%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Red Oaks Mill without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Red Oaks Mill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Oaks Mill
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.