Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Stone Ridge
About one in ten work in Stone Ridge; the top destination outside it is New York City (13%, 83 miles). Home is the office for 50% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole. The average commute takes 42 minutes each way, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Stone Ridge: the gist
Home offices are common in Stone Ridge
50% of Stone Ridge workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Stone Ridge’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Stone Ridge is New York City, 83 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (63) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stone Ridge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 69 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 470 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 42 minutes each way for Stone Ridge’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stone Ridge workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 367 commuters (the 50% 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.
The commute from Stone Ridge, by distance
About 31% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Stone Ridge
On a workday 429 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 637 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Stone Ridge on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Stone Ridge to work: where people go
Where Stone Ridge clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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.
Goods, not services: 36% of the jobs in Stone Ridge
678 jobs are based in Stone Ridge.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stone Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 489 → 678. 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 Stone Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Stone Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Stone Ridge?
$127,601 (±$18,548) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stone Ridge?
12.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stone Ridge?
42 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 50% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stone Ridge work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (13%, 83 mi), Marbletown (12%, 2 mi), Kingston (11%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stone Ridge without a car?
5% 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 Stone Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stone Ridge
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.