Most of Rhinecliff commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Rhinecliff; the top destination outside it is New York City (17%, 87 miles). 40 jobs are based in Rhinecliff, and 123 of its residents work somewhere. 28% of workers work from home, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Rhinecliff
On a workday 123 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Rhinecliff on a workday afternoon, 12% 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 Rhinecliff’s working residents head each day
Where Rhinecliff clocks in
17% of workers
16% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Rhinecliff
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rhinecliff, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 40. 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 Rhinecliff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Rhinecliff takes about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rhinecliff workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 311 commuters (the 28% 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 far Rhinecliff goes to work
About 40% 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 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 Rhinecliff: questions
What is the poverty rate in Rhinecliff?
4.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rhinecliff?
43 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rhinecliff work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (17%, 87 mi), Rhinebeck (16%, 2 mi), Red Hook (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rhinecliff without a car?
32% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rhinecliff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rhinecliff
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.