Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Alexander
Only 3% work in Alexander; the top destination outside it is Batavia (15%, 8 miles). For 7% of workers, the job is at home, where New York as a whole has 15%. Working residents average 23 minutes each way, 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
Alexander at work: what stands out
About 23 minutes each way for Alexander’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 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 217 commuters (the 7% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 235 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 253 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 (1.07 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 Alexander’s working residents head each day
Where Alexander clocks in
15% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Alexander
260 jobs are based in Alexander.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alexander, 2013 → 2023: 221 → 260. 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.
Half of Alexander commutes less than 16 miles
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.
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?
$91,750 (±$33,313) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alexander?
3.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alexander?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alexander work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batavia (15%, 8 mi), Darien (6%, 6 mi), Lancaster (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alexander without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.