Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few U.S. towns have household incomes as low as Bombay’s
Measured by household income, Bombay is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. 29.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 14.0% across New York. The two grades for Bombay are D− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Bombay stands out on work
Commutes from Bombay are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Bombay workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 384 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Bombay gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Bombay is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bombay’s grade.
Unemployment (12.6%) is left out: Bombay’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, Bombay stays D−.
Commuting from Bombay: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bombay workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 377 commuters (the 3% 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.
Bombay by day and by night
On a workday 378 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Bombay on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
27% of working residents work in Malone
Where Bombay clocks in
27% of workers
17% of workers
14% 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.
What the 121 jobs in Bombay are
121 jobs are based in Bombay.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bombay, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 121. 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 Bombay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Bombay
About 21% 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.
Bombay is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bombay is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% 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 387 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 25.1% of Bombay households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bombay’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, and where Bombay sits
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,836 | Wetumka OK | 1,133 | $27K | 33.9% | 5.5% | 18% | D− |
| 4,837 | Ridgely TN | 1,616 | $24K | 43.6% | 8.0% | 8% | D− |
| 4,838 | Bombay NY | 1,252 | $30K | 29.5% | 12.6% | 2% | D− |
| 4,839 | Rarden Township OH | 1,024 | $37K | 34.5% | 11.3% | 1% | D− |
| 4,840 | Bodfish CA | 1,694 | $40K | 31.5% | 17.3% | 3% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Bombay, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
19% of Bombay works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Fort Covington (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bombay workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombay | – | D− | C | 26 min | $29,805 |
| Fort Covington | 17% | D | C+ | 18 min | $57,361 |
| Moira | 2% | D | D | 32 min | $64,116 |
| Brasher | under 2% | D | B− | 20 min | $53,911 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bombay’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 Bombay: questions
What is the median household income in Bombay?
$29,805 (±$20,742) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bombay?
29.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bombay?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bombay work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Malone (27%, 18 mi), Fort Covington (17%, 5 mi), Akwesasne (14%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bombay walkable?
Bombay is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bombay without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 25% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bombay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bombay
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.