Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Baxter Estates earn more than those in 95% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 9.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 79.0 in New York City. Poverty touches 1.0% of residents (New York 14.0%). Jobs and income earn Baxter Estates A+; getting around on foot earns it A+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Baxter Estates: the figures worth knowing
Nearly half of Baxter Estates works in New York City
174 working residents, 45%, have their main job in New York City, 17 miles away. That’s 45 times as many as work in Baxter Estates itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of Baxter Estates works from home
35% of Baxter Estates workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Baxter Estates than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Baxter Estates fell from 516 in 2013 to 380 in 2023, −26%. 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 ↓
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 383 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Baxter Estates’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Baxter Estates is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Baxter Estates’ grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Baxter Estates’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Baxter Estates stays A+.
45% of working residents work in New York City
Where Baxter Estates clocks in
45% of workers
5% 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.
Time on the road from Baxter Estates: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baxter Estates workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 347 commuters (the 35% 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.
What the 380 jobs in Baxter Estates are
380 jobs are based in Baxter Estates.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baxter Estates, 2013 → 2023: 516 → 380. 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 Baxter Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Baxter Estates on a workday
On a workday 378 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 375 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 (0.99 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.
How far it is to work from Baxter Estates
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.
Baxter Estates is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Baxter Estates is among the most walkable U.S. towns. Both inputs place Baxter Estates 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 532 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 9.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% 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). 8.9% of Baxter Estates households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 27% of Baxter Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Baxter Estates is 3rd of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Plandome Heights NY | 1,019 | $250K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Pittsford NY | 1,323 | $119K | 1.9% | 3.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Mill Neck NY | 1,010 | $196K | 5.7% | 6.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Baxter Estates, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to Baxter Estates
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baxter Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Estates | – | A+ | A+ | 38 min | $153,750 |
| Port Washington | under 1% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Port Washington North | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 41 min | $136,389 |
Same-state neighbors only. Port Washington: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Baxter Estates’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 Baxter Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Baxter Estates?
$153,750 (±$59,348) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baxter Estates?
1.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baxter Estates?
38 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baxter Estates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (45%, 17 mi), North Hempstead (26%, 2 mi), Hempstead (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Baxter Estates walkable?
Baxter Estates is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 17.5 out of 20, and 37% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Baxter Estates without a car?
27% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baxter Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baxter Estates
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.