Photo: Pfoshea · CC BY-SA 4.0Saugerties has 0.7 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income D: better than 14% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #699 of 758 in New York.
Walkability A: more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns · #219 of 758 in New York.
Household incomes here are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 22 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). About one in seven work in Saugerties; the top destination outside it is Saugerties (27%, 3 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.0 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Saugerties
Commutes from Saugerties 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 ↓
Saugerties and Saugerties trade workers both ways
Saugerties is the top workplace for Saugerties residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Saugerties come from (54% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Saugerties’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Saugerties is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #699 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Saugerties’ grade up (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Saugerties could be anywhere from D to B−.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saugerties workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,497 commuters (the 12% 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.
27% of working residents work in Saugerties
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Saugerties clocks in
27% of workers
14% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Saugerties quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,353 residents head out to work, 202 work right here, and 960 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Saugerties on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 1,162 jobs in Saugerties are
1,162 jobs are based in Saugerties. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saugerties’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saugerties, 2013 → 2023: 942 → 1,162. 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.
Half of Saugerties commutes less than 11 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 28% 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.
Saugerties is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Saugerties is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #219 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Saugerties 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 1,696 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 0.0 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). 11.8% of Saugerties households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Saugerties’ commuters take a bus or train.
Saugerties is 3,732nd of 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Saugerties, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Pound Ridge NY | 5,057 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,730 | Fort Pierce South FL | 5,028 | $51K | 29.8% | 7.9% | 1% | D |
| 3,731 | Cut Bank MT | 2,976 | $49K | 18.9% | 3.5% | 37% | D |
| 3,732 | Saugerties NY | 3,853 | $58K | 21.0% | 7.3% | 13% | D |
| 3,733 | Vandergrift PA | 4,903 | $51K | 21.5% | 8.8% | 6% | D |
| 3,734 | Drummer Township IL | 3,914 | $51K | 12.6% | 9.5% | 33% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | 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.
Saugerties and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Red Hook (1%). Darker towns draw more of Saugerties’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saugerties workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saugerties | – | D | A | 22 min | $57,778 |
| Red Hook | 1% | B+ | A− | 26 min | $112,363 |
| Saugerties South | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Malden-on-Hudson | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Saugerties South and Malden-on-Hudson: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Saugerties: questions
What is the median household income in Saugerties?
$57,778 (±$16,517) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saugerties?
21.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saugerties?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saugerties work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saugerties (27%, 3 mi), New York City (14%, 98 mi), Kingston (11%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Saugerties walkable?
Saugerties is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saugerties without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Saugerties, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saugerties
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.