Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Cherry Creek’s household incomes are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns
27.2% of residents are in poverty (New York 14.0%). For jobs and income Cherry Creek is better than 5% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (B). 2% of workers have no commute at all, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cherry Creek: the figures worth knowing
Commutes from Cherry Creek are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Cherry Creek workers work from home
Only 2% 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 407 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Cherry Creek’s grade explained
Household income holds Cherry Creek’s grade up ($57,058, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (10.0%) is left out: Cherry Creek’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, Cherry Creek could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Cherry Creek’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Creek workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 461 commuters (the 1% 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.
How a workday changes Cherry Creek
On a workday 380 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 287 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 (0.77 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.
9% of working residents work in Jamestown
Where Cherry Creek clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
69% of the jobs in Cherry Creek pay over $3,333 a month
314 jobs are based in Cherry Creek.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Creek, 2013 → 2023: 299 → 314. 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 Cherry Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Cherry Creek
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.
Most of Cherry Creek commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 21.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 468 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). 11.5% of Cherry Creek households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cherry Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,798th of 3,133: where Cherry Creek ranks among 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,796 | Stronghurst Township IL | 1,004 | $51K | 20.7% | 8.2% | 8% | D |
| 2,797 | Cass Township MO | 1,146 | $37K | 13.0% | 0.0% | 3% | D |
| 2,798 | Cherry Creek NY | 1,034 | $57K | 27.2% | 10.0% | 7% | D |
| 2,799 | Fine NY | 1,263 | $60K | 20.2% | 5.8% | 26% | D |
| 2,800 | Arenas Valley NM | 1,247 | $44K | 16.1% | 7.7% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Cherry Creek, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Cherry Creek
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherry Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek | – | D | B | 24 min | $57,058 |
| Ellington | under 4% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $65,000 |
| Villenova | under 4% | D | D− | 24 min | $64,185 |
| Charlotte | under 4% | C− | C | 30 min | $61,082 |
| Leon | under 4% | D | C+ | 35 min | $56,048 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cherry Creek’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 Cherry Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Creek?
$57,058 (±$5,968) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Creek?
27.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Creek?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Creek work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (9%, 15 mi), Dunkirk (7%, 16 mi), Dunkirk (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cherry Creek walkable?
Cherry Creek is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 21% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cherry Creek without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherry Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry Creek
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.