Photo: Roadskater · CC BY-SA 4.0Stuyvesant has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 159 jobs in Stuyvesant, against 843 working residents. Stuyvesant grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 2% work in Stuyvesant itself; outside it, Albany draws the most (12%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Stuyvesant: the figures worth knowing
Stuyvesant is a place people come home to
There are 159 jobs based in Stuyvesant, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stuyvesant has about 1,200 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Stuyvesant are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York 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 843 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Stuyvesant’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Stuyvesant is better than 19% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Stuyvesant’s grade up (12.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (7.3%) is left out: Stuyvesant’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Stuyvesant could be anywhere from D to C+.
How many people are in Stuyvesant by day
On a workday 829 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Stuyvesant on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Time on the road from Stuyvesant: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stuyvesant workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 711 commuters (the 8% 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.
Out of Stuyvesant to work: where people go
Where Stuyvesant clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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.
Making and building: 56% of jobs based in Stuyvesant
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stuyvesant, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 159. 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 Stuyvesant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Stuyvesant works
About 22% 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.
For most of Stuyvesant, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stuyvesant is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 772 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Stuyvesant households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Stuyvesant’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,105th of 5,656: where Stuyvesant ranks among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,103 | Mountain Lake Park MD | 2,101 | $61K | 15.2% | 5.7% | 4% | C− |
| 4,104 | Hines OR | 1,610 | $78K | 14.9% | 0.4% | 12% | C− |
| 4,105 | Stuyvesant NY | 1,882 | $66K | 12.6% | 7.3% | 2% | C− |
| 4,106 | Wayne Township PA | 1,497 | $73K | 13.2% | 2.4% | 3% | C− |
| 4,107 | Terra Bella CA | 1,659 | $63K | 17.0% | 32.4% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Stuyvesant, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Stuyvesant’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stuyvesant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuyvesant | – | C− | C+ | 25 min | $66,000 |
| New Baltimore | under 3% | B | D− | 29 min | $100,182 |
| Stockport | under 3% | B− | C | 28 min | $98,958 |
| Kinderhook | 12% | C+ | B− | 26 min | $81,989 |
| Coxsackie | under 3% | B− | C+ | 33 min | $88,188 |
| Coxsackie | under 3% | C | B | 31 min | $70,500 |
| Schodack | 3% | A− | C− | 25 min | $108,074 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Kinderhook. Darker towns draw more of Stuyvesant’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 Stuyvesant: questions
What is the median household income in Stuyvesant?
$66,000 (±$15,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stuyvesant?
12.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stuyvesant?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stuyvesant work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (12%, 18 mi), Kinderhook (12%, 4 mi), Hudson (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stuyvesant walkable?
Stuyvesant is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stuyvesant without a car?
1% 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 Stuyvesant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stuyvesant
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.