Attica has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Attica C; getting around on foot earns it B−. Attica has 438 jobs for 1,033 working residents. Only 6% stay in Attica for work; outside it, Attica is the main destination (16%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Attica apart
Fewer jobs are based in Attica than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Attica fell from 1,353 in 2013 to 438 in 2023, −68%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Attica 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 ↓
Attica and Attica trade workers both ways
Attica is the top workplace for Attica residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Attica come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Attica
62% of Attica residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Attica pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
The figures behind Attica’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Attica is better than 34% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Attica’s grade.
Unemployment (3.5%) is left out: Attica’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Attica could be anywhere from C− to B.
What Attica’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Attica, 2013 → 2023: 1,353 → 438. 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 Attica’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Attica, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Attica workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 881 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where the trip to work from Attica ends
Where Attica clocks in
9% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Attica
On a workday 973 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 378 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Attica on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Miles to work from Attica
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.
Attica is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Attica is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 953 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.3% of Attica households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Attica’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Attica ranks 3,206th of 5,207 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,204 | Putney VT | 2,575 | $80K | 16.0% | 4.3% | 21% | C |
| 3,205 | East Missoula MT | 2,099 | $58K | 7.3% | 8.6% | 4% | C |
| 3,206 | Attica NY | 2,421 | $62K | 11.0% | 3.5% | 6% | C |
| 3,207 | Monroe Township IN | 2,882 | $55K | 10.2% | 4.3% | 14% | C |
| 3,208 | Montpelier ID | 2,710 | $61K | 7.8% | 3.4% | 39% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Attica, 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 Attica: questions
What is the median household income in Attica?
$62,340 (±$14,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Attica?
11.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Attica?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Attica work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Attica (16%, 4 mi), Batavia (9%, 11 mi), Batavia (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Attica walkable?
Attica is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Attica without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Attica, from the people who make the trip.
More of Attica
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.