Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 4.0Accord at work: jobs, income and the commute
Only 3% work in Accord; the top destination outside it is Rochester (17%, 2 miles). 30% of workers work from home (New York 15%). Commuters spend 44 minutes getting to work on average, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Accord at work: what stands out
Home offices are common in Accord
31% of Accord workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Accord workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 84 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 234 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The trip to work from Accord: about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Accord workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 257 commuters (the 31% 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 Accord
On a workday 228 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 184 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 (0.81 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 Accord’s working residents head each day
Where Accord clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
Accord works in goods: 31% of its jobs
190 jobs are based in Accord.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Accord, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 190. 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 Accord’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Accord
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Accord compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Accord workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accord | – | — | — | 44 min | $107,614 |
| Kerhonkson | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kerhonkson: 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 Accord’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 Accord: questions
What is the median household income in Accord?
$107,614 (±$94,082) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Accord?
6.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Accord?
44 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Accord work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (17%, 2 mi), Kingston (12%, 15 mi), New York City (7%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Accord without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Accord, from the people who make the trip.
More of Accord
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.