Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Angola has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
224 jobs are based in Angola for 943 working residents. Angola grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 12.2 in Buffalo.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Angola apart
Angola and Evans trade workers both ways
Evans is the top workplace for Angola residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Angola come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Angola is a place people come home to
There are 224 jobs based in Angola, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Angola has about 1,300 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 943 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Angola’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Angola is better than 73% of U.S. towns. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Angola’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Angola could be anywhere from B− to A.
17% of working residents work in Evans
Where Angola clocks in
17% of workers
17% of workers
13% 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.
Who leaves Angola for work, and who comes in
On a workday 923 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 204 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Angola on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
66% of the jobs in Angola pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Angola, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 224. 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 Angola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Angola, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Angola workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,214 commuters (the 11% 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.
How far it is to work from Angola
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.
In Angola, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Angola is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,362 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 5.8% of Angola households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Angola’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,055th of 5,509: where Angola ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,053 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,054 | Howey-in-the-Hills FL | 1,857 | $96K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,055 | Angola NY | 2,029 | $81K | 6.5% | 3.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,056 | Lanark WI | 1,546 | $104K | 3.8% | 1.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,057 | Elmwood IL | 2,030 | $90K | 10.1% | 1.0% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Angola, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Angola: questions
What is the median household income in Angola?
$81,108 (±$6,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Angola?
6.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Angola?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Angola work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evans (17%, 2 mi), Buffalo (17%, 20 mi), Hamburg (13%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Angola walkable?
Angola is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Angola without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Angola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Angola
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.