Bruynswick School No. 8 · Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Shawangunk have higher incomes than those in 83% of U.S. towns
Shawangunk grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. The poverty rate is 35.9%, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. Home is the office for 7% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Shawangunk at work: what stands out
Shawangunk’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Shawangunk is New York City, 69 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (782) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Shawangunk’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Shawangunk is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #438 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Shawangunk’s grade up ($109,536, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shawangunk could be anywhere from C to B.
How far it is to work from Shawangunk
About 32% 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.
Shawangunk by day and by night
On a workday 4,320 residents head out to work, 514 work right here, and 2,510 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Shawangunk on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
16% of working residents work in New York City
Where Shawangunk clocks in
16% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Most jobs in Shawangunk are in services
3,024 jobs are based in Shawangunk.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shawangunk, 2013 → 2023: 3,048 → 3,024. 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 Shawangunk’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Shawangunk: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shawangunk workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,814 commuters (the 7% 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.
In Shawangunk, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shawangunk is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #657 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,107 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). 3.7% of Shawangunk households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Shawangunk’s commuters take a bus or train.
Shawangunk places 1,341st of 2,059 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,339 | Milton FL | 11,440 | $76K | 8.1% | 5.4% | 13% | B− |
| 1,340 | Flushing Township MI | 10,574 | $85K | 9.1% | 7.1% | 3% | B− |
| 1,341 | Shawangunk NY | 13,609 | $110K | 35.9% | 4.0% | 11% | B− |
| 1,342 | Mitchell SD | 15,756 | $59K | 12.5% | 1.0% | 60% | B− |
| 1,343 | Walnut Park CA | 14,958 | $80K | 17.1% | 7.8% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,059 | 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 Shawangunk, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 14% of Shawangunk
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shawangunk workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawangunk | – | B− | C | 35 min | $109,536 |
| Crawford | 3% | B | B− | 31 min | $134,955 |
| Mamakating | under 3% | C+ | C | 34 min | $90,631 |
| Pine Bush | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Wawarsing | under 3% | C− | A− | 30 min | $64,321 |
| Ellenville | under 3% | D | A+ | 21 min | $42,969 |
| Montgomery | 7% | B | A− | 34 min | $92,939 |
| Gardiner | under 3% | B+ | B | 32 min | $115,234 |
| Plattekill | under 3% | B+ | C | 32 min | $103,045 |
| Newburgh | 4% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pine Bush: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Newburgh: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Montgomery. Darker towns draw more of Shawangunk’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 Shawangunk: questions
What is the median household income in Shawangunk?
$109,536 (±$15,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shawangunk?
35.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shawangunk?
35 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shawangunk work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (16%, 69 mi), Montgomery (7%, 7 mi), Wallkill (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shawangunk walkable?
Shawangunk is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shawangunk without a car?
3% 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 Shawangunk, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shawangunk
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.