Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Schodack earn more than those in 82% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Schodack A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Poverty touches 6.1% of residents, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. About one in ten work in Schodack itself; outside it, Albany draws the most (25%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Schodack in brief
Commutes from Schodack are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Schodack has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Schodack went from 2,882 in 2013 to 4,444 in 2023, +54%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Schodack are in trade, transport and utilities, against 16% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Schodack’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Schodack is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #186 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Schodack’s grade up ($108,074, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Schodack could be anywhere from B to A.
The trip to work from Schodack: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Schodack workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,086 commuters (the 13% 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.
Inside Schodack’s 4,444 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schodack, 2013 → 2023: 2,882 → 4,444. 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 Schodack’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Schodack
On a workday 5,427 residents head out to work, 571 work right here, and 3,873 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Schodack on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.74 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.
Commuting out of Schodack: the destinations
Where Schodack clocks in
25% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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 far Schodack’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
Driving is how Schodack gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Schodack is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #692 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,846 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 4.2% of Schodack households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Schodack’s commuters take a bus or train.
799th of 2,354: where Schodack ranks among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 797 | Lansing KS | 11,331 | $103K | 6.3% | 4.5% | 11% | A− |
| 798 | Jackson Township IN | 11,276 | $85K | 8.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A− |
| 799 | Schodack NY | 12,892 | $108K | 6.1% | 4.3% | 10% | A− |
| 800 | St. Simons GA | 16,228 | $109K | 4.5% | 2.8% | 30% | A− |
| 801 | Suffield CT | 16,046 | $119K | 4.6% | 6.1% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Schodack, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Schodack and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to East Greenbush (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Schodack workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schodack | – | A− | C− | 25 min | $108,074 |
| Nassau | under 2% | A− | D | 28 min | $93,159 |
| Nassau | under 2% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $84,781 |
| East Greenbush | 10% | A | A | 21 min | $105,111 |
| Coeymans | under 2% | A− | C | 28 min | $95,403 |
| Bethlehem | 2% | A | B | 22 min | $123,893 |
| Sand Lake | under 2% | A | C− | 25 min | $120,089 |
| Stuyvesant | under 2% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $66,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Schodack’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 Schodack: questions
What is the median household income in Schodack?
$108,074 (±$13,113) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schodack?
6.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Schodack?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Schodack work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (25%, 11 mi), Colonie (11%, 15 mi), East Greenbush (10%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Schodack walkable?
Schodack is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Schodack without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Schodack, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schodack
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.