Photo: Michele Schaffer · CC BY 2.0Stony Point’s household incomes are higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
Stony Point grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Poverty touches 5.2% of residents, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. Only 8% work in Stony Point; the top destination outside it is Clarkstown (17%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Why Stony Point gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stony Point is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #161 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Stony Point’s grade up ($126,958, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. 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, Stony Point could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Stony Point quiets down on a workday
On a workday 5,542 residents head out to work, 474 work right here, and 1,822 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Stony Point on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.38 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.
The towns that employ Stony Point’s residents
Where Stony Point clocks in
17% of workers
16% 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.
Inside Stony Point’s 2,296 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stony Point, 2013 → 2023: 2,618 → 2,296. 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 Stony Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes each way for Stony Point’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stony Point workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,204 commuters (the 11% 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.
Stony Point’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Few in Stony Point walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stony Point is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #384 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Stony Point near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,004 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 9% 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). 4.5% of Stony Point households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Stony Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Stony Point is 702nd among 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Victor NY | 16,422 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 700 | Red Bank NJ | 12,896 | $97K | 8.7% | 3.5% | 11% | A− |
| 701 | North Arlington NJ | 16,601 | $94K | 4.3% | 6.3% | 5% | A− |
| 702 | Stony Point NY | 15,335 | $127K | 5.2% | 6.6% | 8% | A− |
| 703 | California MD | 13,136 | $120K | 6.9% | 2.1% | 15% | A− |
| 704 | North Aurora IL | 19,406 | $114K | 6.3% | 5.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | 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 Stony Point, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 11% of Stony Point’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stony Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Point | – | A− | B+ | 35 min | $126,958 |
| Haverstraw | 11% | B | A | 30 min | $89,107 |
| Cortlandt | under 1% | B+ | A+ | 38 min | $140,030 |
| Verplanck | under 1% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Peekskill | under 1% | B− | A+ | 37 min | $85,954 |
| Montrose | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Highlands | under 1% | A− | A | 19 min | $116,111 |
| Buchanan | under 1% | A+ | A− | 33 min | $128,218 |
| Thiells | under 1% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Philipstown | under 1% | A− | A | 40 min | $140,557 |
Same-state neighbors only. Verplanck, Montrose and Thiells: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Haverstraw. Darker towns draw more of Stony Point’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 Stony Point: questions
What is the median household income in Stony Point?
$126,958 (±$16,659) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stony Point?
5.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stony Point?
35 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stony Point work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clarkstown (17%, 8 mi), New York City (16%, 41 mi), Haverstraw (11%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stony Point walkable?
Stony Point is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stony Point without a car?
4% 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 Stony Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stony Point
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.