Where Avon earns its living
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 11.9 in Rochester. Jobs and income earn Avon B; getting around on foot earns it A. 5% of workers work from home (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Avon
Commutes from Avon are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Avon trades workers with the towns around it
Avon has about as many jobs (1,865) as working residents (1,649), but they are mostly different people: 1,418 residents leave for work each day while 1,634 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Avon are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Avon and Avon trade workers both ways
Avon is the top workplace for Avon residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Avon come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Avon: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Avon is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #361 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Avon’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Avon could be anywhere from C to A.
About 19 minutes to work from Avon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avon workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,656 commuters (the 5% 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 daily commute in and out of Avon
On a workday 1,418 residents head out to work, 231 work right here, and 1,634 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 (1.13 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.
18% of working residents work in Avon
Where Avon clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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 Avon
1,865 jobs are based in Avon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avon, 2013 → 2023: 1,846 → 1,865. 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 Avon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Avon’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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.
Avon is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Avon is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #171 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Avon near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,743 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 99% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 63% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 6.4% of Avon households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Avon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600, Avon ranks 1,859th of 4,402 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,857 | York Township OH | 2,400 | $80K | 8.0% | 2.1% | 3% | B |
| 1,858 | Hernando Beach FL | 2,675 | $102K | 5.5% | 6.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,859 | Avon NY | 3,434 | $72K | 8.1% | 4.6% | 14% | B |
| 1,860 | Dupont PA | 2,589 | $87K | 6.3% | 9.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,861 | Wellford SC | 3,914 | $57K | 16.2% | 0.4% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Avon, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Avon
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Avon’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 Avon: questions
What is the median household income in Avon?
$71,771 (±$13,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avon?
8.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avon?
19 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avon work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Avon (18%, 2 mi), Rochester (13%, 19 mi), Henrietta (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Avon walkable?
Avon is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Avon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 63% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avon
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.