Households in Sleepy Hollow earn more than in almost any other U.S. town
Measured by household income, Sleepy Hollow is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Poverty touches 1.0% of residents; California has 12.0%. Sleepy Hollow grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Sleepy Hollow, in brief
Home offices are common in Sleepy Hollow
44% of Sleepy Hollow workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Sleepy Hollow workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 47 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 360 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (25 to 30 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
76% of Sleepy Hollow’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 76% of the jobs based in Sleepy Hollow. The jobs ↓
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; with 825 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Sleepy Hollow earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sleepy Hollow is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #283 of 847 in California. Household income holds Sleepy Hollow’s grade up ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (12.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
The Census reports Sleepy Hollow’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sleepy Hollow could be anywhere from B+ to A.
From Sleepy Hollow, about 47 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sleepy Hollow workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 757 commuters (the 44% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
354 jobs are based in Sleepy Hollow.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sleepy Hollow, 2014 → 2024: 399 → 354. 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 Sleepy Hollow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Sleepy Hollow
On a workday 804 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 333 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Sleepy Hollow on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.43 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 2024, primary jobs.
25% of working residents work in San Francisco
Where Sleepy Hollow clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
How far Sleepy Hollow’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
Sleepy Hollow is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sleepy Hollow is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #334 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 17.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,356 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 23% 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 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% 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). 0.0% of Sleepy Hollow households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Sleepy Hollow’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sleepy Hollow places 1,240th of 4,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,238 | Jackson Township IN | 2,778 | $76K | 5.6% | 3.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,239 | Grant Valley Township MN | 2,346 | $80K | 5.6% | 0.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,240 | Sleepy Hollow CA | 3,063 | $250K | 1.0% | 12.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,241 | Essexville MI | 3,284 | $75K | 5.6% | 3.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,242 | St. Bernard OH | 3,983 | $67K | 7.9% | 3.2% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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 Sleepy Hollow, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Bordering towns draw 21% of Sleepy Hollow’s workers
The biggest share goes to San Rafael (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sleepy Hollow workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sleepy Hollow | – | B+ | A− | 47 min | $250,000+ |
| San Anselmo | 6% | B+ | A+ | 30 min | $173,641 |
| Fairfax | 3% | B− | A+ | 29 min | $141,653 |
| San Rafael | 12% | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $119,435 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sleepy Hollow’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sleepy Hollow: questions
What is the median household income in Sleepy Hollow?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sleepy Hollow?
1.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sleepy Hollow?
47 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 44% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sleepy Hollow work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (25%, 19 mi), San Rafael (12%, 5 mi), San Anselmo (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sleepy Hollow walkable?
Sleepy Hollow is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 18% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sleepy Hollow without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sleepy Hollow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sleepy Hollow
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.