Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Staatsburg commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Staatsburg; the top destination outside it is Poughkeepsie (14%, 13 miles). Employers in Staatsburg report 62 jobs, and 321 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 41 minutes on average, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Staatsburg at work: what stands out
Staatsburg is a place people come home to
There are 62 jobs based in Staatsburg, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Staatsburg has about 99 people in it, 72% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Staatsburg workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 321 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Staatsburg quiets down on a workday
On a workday 318 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 99 people are in Staatsburg on a workday afternoon, 72% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 41 minutes each way, longer than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Staatsburg workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 147 commuters (the 19% 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.
Where Staatsburg’s working residents head each day
Where Staatsburg clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
12% 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.
Staatsburg makes things: 32% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Staatsburg, 2014 → 2024: 63 → 62. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Staatsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Staatsburg
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Staatsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Staatsburg?
$82,207 (±$26,465) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Staatsburg?
5.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Staatsburg?
41 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Staatsburg work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poughkeepsie (14%, 13 mi), Hyde Park (13%, 3 mi), New York City (12%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Staatsburg without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Staatsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Staatsburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.