Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Alexander commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
4% of workers work from home (New York 15%). There are 512 jobs in Alexander; 1,042 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Alexander is better than 63% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Alexander: the gist
Commutes from Alexander are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Alexander workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Where Alexander’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Alexander’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Alexander could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The trip to work from Alexander: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alexander workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,133 commuters (the 4% 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.
Alexander by day and by night
On a workday 989 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 459 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Alexander 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 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Batavia
Where Alexander clocks in
14% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Alexander
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alexander, 2013 → 2023: 417 → 512. 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 Alexander’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Alexander, by distance
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.
The commute in Alexander is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,176 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). 2.8% of Alexander households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Alexander’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,594th of 5,207: where Alexander ranks among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 8 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,592 | Waverly Township MI | 2,502 | $84K | 9.7% | 2.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,593 | Helga Township MN | 1,807 | $99K | 5.3% | 1.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,594 | Alexander NY | 2,446 | $76K | 2.8% | 3.8% | 5% | B |
| 1,595 | West Buffalo Township PA | 2,852 | $79K | 6.7% | 2.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,596 | Walkerton IN | 2,074 | $65K | 6.4% | 2.5% | 22% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Alexander, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 14% of Alexander
The biggest share goes to Batavia (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Alexander’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 Alexander: questions
What is the median household income in Alexander?
$75,875 (±$13,717) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alexander?
2.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alexander?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alexander work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batavia (14%, 6 mi), Batavia (6%, 5 mi), Amherst (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Alexander walkable?
Alexander is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alexander without a car?
0% 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 Alexander, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alexander
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.