Photo: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Washingtonville works elsewhere
Employers in Washingtonville report 1,387 jobs for 2,605 working residents. Washingtonville grades B for jobs and income and A for walkability. Only 7% work in Washingtonville; the top destination outside it is New York City (23%, 54 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Washingtonville
Washingtonville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Washingtonville is New York City, 54 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (599) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Washingtonville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 46 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Washingtonville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Washingtonville is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #325 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Washingtonville’s grade up ($95,313, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Washingtonville could be anywhere from C to A.
Miles to work from Washingtonville
About 17% 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.
From Washingtonville, about 39 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Washingtonville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,280 commuters (the 14% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Washingtonville
On a workday 2,429 residents head out to work, 176 work right here, and 1,211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Washingtonville on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
The places Washingtonville commutes to
Where Washingtonville clocks in
23% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Washingtonville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Washingtonville, 2014 → 2024: 1,421 → 1,387. 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 Washingtonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Washingtonville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Washingtonville is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #154 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Washingtonville 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 2,646 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 54% 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). 4.1% of Washingtonville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Washingtonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,600, Washingtonville ranks 1,527th of 3,561 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,525 | Walton KY | 5,868 | $78K | 13.0% | 3.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,526 | Petoskey MI | 5,772 | $74K | 9.0% | 1.6% | 32% | B |
| 1,527 | Washingtonville NY | 5,640 | $95K | 8.2% | 5.6% | 7% | B |
| 1,528 | Fort Ann NY | 4,247 | $86K | 5.2% | 3.4% | 7% | B |
| 1,529 | Spring Valley IL | 5,408 | $71K | 7.2% | 2.7% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Washingtonville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Washingtonville
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Washingtonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washingtonville | – | B | A | 39 min | $95,313 |
| Beaver Dam Lake | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Beaver Dam Lake: 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 Washingtonville’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 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 Washingtonville: questions
What is the median household income in Washingtonville?
$95,313 (±$32,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Washingtonville?
8.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Washingtonville?
39 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Washingtonville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (23%, 54 mi), Blooming Grove (9%, 3 mi), Wallkill (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Washingtonville walkable?
Washingtonville is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Washingtonville without a car?
9% 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 Washingtonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Washingtonville
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. 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.