Photo: Spacemace1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Spackenkill has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26. 581 jobs are based in Spackenkill; 1,959 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Spackenkill itself; outside it, Poughkeepsie draws the most (25%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Spackenkill
Spackenkill’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Spackenkill is New York City, 69 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (282) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Spackenkill is a place people come home to
There are 581 jobs based in Spackenkill, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spackenkill has about 2,900 people in it, 32% 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.
How far it is to work from Spackenkill
About 26% 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.
Spackenkill on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,919 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 541 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Spackenkill on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 the trip to work from Spackenkill ends
Where Spackenkill clocks in
25% of workers
14% of workers
8% 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 services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spackenkill, 2013 → 2023: 687 → 581. 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 Spackenkill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spackenkill workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,962 commuters (the 10% 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 Spackenkill compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spackenkill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spackenkill | – | — | — | 30 min | $141,005 |
| Red Oaks Mill | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Red Oaks Mill: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spackenkill’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 Spackenkill: questions
What is the median household income in Spackenkill?
$141,005 (±$16,762) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spackenkill?
1.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spackenkill?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spackenkill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poughkeepsie (25%, 1 mi), New York City (14%, 68 mi), Poughkeepsie (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spackenkill without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spackenkill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spackenkill
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.