Binnewater Historic District · Photo: West Shore Railroad · Public domainRosendale has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Rosendale grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Employers in Rosendale report 696 jobs, and 2,354 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Rosendale apart
Commutes from Rosendale are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Rosendale
62% of Rosendale residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Rosendale pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Rosendale is a place people come home to
There are 696 jobs based in Rosendale, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rosendale has about 4,000 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. 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.
Rosendale’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rosendale is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #523 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Rosendale’s grade up (8.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rosendale could be anywhere from C− to A.
About 22 minutes each way for Rosendale’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosendale workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,657 commuters (the 17% 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.
What Rosendale’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosendale, 2013 → 2023: 605 → 696. 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 Rosendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Rosendale
On a workday 2,217 residents head out to work, 137 work right here, and 559 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Rosendale on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
16% of working residents work in Kingston
Where Rosendale clocks in
16% of workers
11% 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.
How many miles Rosendale commutes
About 24% 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.
Most trips from Rosendale start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rosendale is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #476 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,210 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). 6.2% of Rosendale households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Rosendale’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,336th of 3,476: where Rosendale ranks among U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,334 | Wills Point TX | 4,033 | $72K | 12.3% | 5.1% | 20% | C+ |
| 2,335 | North Dansville NY | 5,223 | $57K | 6.3% | 4.4% | 23% | C+ |
| 2,336 | Rosendale NY | 5,689 | $72K | 8.5% | 7.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,337 | Union Township OH | 4,358 | $71K | 10.6% | 4.8% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,338 | Shelley ID | 5,303 | $78K | 10.8% | 7.0% | 12% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,476 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Rosendale, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Rosendale and its neighbors: 16% work next door
The biggest share goes to New Paltz (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rosendale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosendale | – | C+ | B− | 22 min | $71,875 |
| Esopus | under 2% | B− | B− | 27 min | $88,837 |
| New Paltz | 7% | B+ | A | 26 min | $83,133 |
| Marbletown | 4% | B− | B | 35 min | $114,330 |
| Ulster | 5% | B− | B− | 21 min | $79,769 |
| Hurley | under 2% | B+ | B− | 23 min | $101,099 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rosendale’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 Rosendale: questions
What is the median household income in Rosendale?
$71,875 (±$19,927) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosendale?
8.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosendale?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosendale work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingston (16%, 7 mi), New York City (11%, 82 mi), New Paltz (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rosendale walkable?
Rosendale is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rosendale without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rosendale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosendale
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.