Photo: Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller) · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Rhinebeck has 2.6 jobs per working resident, and 2,477 people come in to work
26% of workers work from home, where New York as a whole has 15%. 2,634 jobs are based in Rhinebeck for 1,023 working residents. Rhinebeck grades B+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Rhinebeck in brief
Rhinebeck is where the jobs are
Rhinebeck has 2,634 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,200 people are in town, 62% more than the 2,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Rhinebeck
26% of Rhinebeck workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Rhinebeck and Rhinebeck trade workers both ways
Rhinebeck is the top workplace for Rhinebeck residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Rhinebeck come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Rhinebeck 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 ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Rhinebeck’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rhinebeck is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #260 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Rhinebeck’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($70,496, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rhinebeck could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who commutes out of Rhinebeck, and who commutes in
On a workday 866 residents head out to work and 157 work right here.
About 4,200 people are in Rhinebeck on a workday afternoon, 62% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Rhinebeck takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rhinebeck workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 942 commuters (the 26% 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.
Where Rhinebeck’s workforce comes from
Where Rhinebeck clocks in
21% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Rhinebeck
About 33% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Rhinebeck
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rhinebeck, 2014 → 2024: 2,131 → 2,634. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rhinebeck’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Rhinebeck
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rhinebeck is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #73 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Rhinebeck 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 1,275 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all 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). 8.2% of Rhinebeck households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Rhinebeck’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Rhinebeck is 1,302nd among 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,300 | Washington Township OH | 1,971 | $96K | 8.2% | 9.4% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,301 | Bart Township PA | 3,269 | $75K | 11.5% | 0.4% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,302 | Rhinebeck NY | 2,588 | $70K | 3.6% | 3.1% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,303 | Woodville OH | 1,976 | $83K | 3.1% | 5.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,304 | Miami Township OH | 2,130 | $74K | 4.6% | 2.2% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Rhinebeck, 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 2024, 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 Rhinebeck: questions
What is the median household income in Rhinebeck?
$70,496 (±$10,298) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rhinebeck?
3.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rhinebeck?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rhinebeck work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rhinebeck (21%, 0 mi), New York City (15%, 88 mi), Poughkeepsie (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rhinebeck walkable?
Rhinebeck is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.4 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rhinebeck without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rhinebeck, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rhinebeck
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.