Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0New York City draws about half of West Point’s working residents
Home is the office for 26% of workers; New York has 15%. Only 5% stay in West Point for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (48%, 48 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 10 minutes, 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
Work in West Point, in a few figures
Commutes from West Point are quick
The average trip to work takes 10 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 176 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker, and quicker than any town next door (24 to 43 minutes). Time on the road ↓
West Point trades workers with the towns around it
West Point has about as many jobs (1,279) as working residents (1,449), but they are mostly different people: 1,378 residents leave for work each day while 1,208 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in West Point are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly half of West Point works in New York City
696 working residents, 48%, have their main job in New York City, 48 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in West Point itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of West Point works from home
26% of West Point workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in West Point pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in West Point pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
About 10 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Point workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,598 commuters (the 26% 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.
West Point by day and by night
On a workday 1,378 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 1,208 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 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.
Where West Point goes to work
Where West Point clocks in
48% of workers
7% of workers
2% 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.
Most jobs in West Point are in services
1,279 jobs are based in West Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Point, 2013 → 2023: 951 → 1,279. 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 West Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from West Point
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around West Point: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Point | – | — | — | 10 min | $135,333 |
| Fort Montgomery | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Highland Falls | under 1% | B+ | B+ | 26 min | $110,714 |
| Woodbury | under 1% | B+ | B+ | 43 min | $121,221 |
| Woodbury | under 1% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Cornwall | under 1% | A− | A− | 31 min | $114,635 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fort Montgomery: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Woodbury: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West 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 West Point: questions
What is the median household income in West Point?
$135,333 (±$13,122) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Point?
3.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Point?
10 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Point work?
5% work in town.
Can you get around West Point without a car?
<1% 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 West Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of West 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.