Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0New York City draws about half of Cedarhurst’s working residents
Jobs and income earn Cedarhurst A−; getting around on foot earns it A+. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns. About one in ten work in Cedarhurst; the top destination outside it is New York City (49%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Cedarhurst apart
What’s behind Cedarhurst’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cedarhurst is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #134 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Cedarhurst’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cedarhurst could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Where Cedarhurst goes to work
Where Cedarhurst clocks in
49% of workers
27% 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 Cedarhurst for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,521 residents head out to work, 255 work right here, and 3,140 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 (1.22 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.
What the 3,395 jobs in Cedarhurst are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedarhurst, 2013 → 2023: 2,920 → 3,395. 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 Cedarhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Cedarhurst, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedarhurst workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,669 commuters (the 10% 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 distance from Cedarhurst to work
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.
Cedarhurst is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cedarhurst is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #27 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Cedarhurst 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 2,958 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 16.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 17.3% of Cedarhurst households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Cedarhurst’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900, Cedarhurst ranks 690th of 3,154 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 15 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 688 | Union Beach NJ | 5,708 | $119K | 3.0% | 7.1% | 4% | A− |
| 689 | Sterling MA | 8,358 | $129K | 6.0% | 4.0% | 8% | A− |
| 690 | Cedarhurst NY | 7,334 | $102K | 6.4% | 4.8% | 9% | A− |
| 691 | Looking Glass Township IL | 6,427 | $92K | 7.3% | 1.6% | 10% | A− |
| 692 | East Allen Township PA | 5,472 | $98K | 5.8% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Cedarhurst, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Cedarhurst
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedarhurst workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarhurst | – | A− | A+ | 34 min | $101,572 |
| Woodmere | under 1% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Inwood | under 1% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Lawrence | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 39 min | $170,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodmere and Inwood: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedarhurst’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 Cedarhurst: questions
What is the median household income in Cedarhurst?
$101,572 (±$34,918) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedarhurst?
6.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedarhurst?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedarhurst work?
9% work in town.
Is Cedarhurst walkable?
Cedarhurst is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 17.9 out of 20, and 17% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedarhurst without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedarhurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedarhurst
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.