Clarendon Stone Store · Photo: Steven Hamsness · CC BY-SA 4.0Clarendon has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Clarendon is behind 77% of U.S. towns. Clarendon has 160 jobs; 1,589 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Clarendon B−; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Clarendon apart
Clarendon is a place people come home to
There are 160 jobs based in Clarendon, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clarendon has about 1,900 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Clarendon averages 32 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (21 to 26 minutes). Next door ↓
Clarendon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Clarendon is Rochester, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (263) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Clarendon’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clarendon is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #414 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Clarendon’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($57,604, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clarendon could be anywhere from C− to A.
How a workday changes Clarendon
On a workday 1,548 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Clarendon on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
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 many miles Clarendon commutes
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.
17% of working residents work in Rochester
Where Clarendon clocks in
17% 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.
Jobs in Clarendon: what the 160 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarendon, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 160. 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 Clarendon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Clarendon’s commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarendon workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,486 commuters (the 8% 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.
Getting around Clarendon: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clarendon is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns, #747 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Clarendon 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 1,623 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). 3.7% of Clarendon households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clarendon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Clarendon is 2,259th among 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,257 | West TX | 2,629 | $62K | 11.9% | 2.4% | 18% | B− |
| 2,258 | Perry Township MI | 4,167 | $77K | 9.8% | 5.1% | 4% | B− |
| 2,259 | Clarendon NY | 3,326 | $58K | 10.1% | 2.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,260 | Windsor Township OH | 2,732 | $84K | 21.1% | 1.4% | 4% | B− |
| 2,261 | Bloom Township OH | 2,517 | $74K | 12.6% | 3.2% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | 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 Clarendon, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 11% of Clarendon
The biggest share goes to Sweden (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clarendon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon | – | B− | D− | 32 min | $57,604 |
| Murray | 4% | C+ | C− | 26 min | $65,077 |
| Barre | under 3% | C− | D | 21 min | $73,906 |
| Holley | under 3% | B− | C | 26 min | $64,600 |
| Byron | under 3% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $99,063 |
| Sweden | 7% | B | A+ | 21 min | $75,711 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clarendon’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 Clarendon: questions
What is the median household income in Clarendon?
$57,604 (±$27,916) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarendon?
10.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarendon?
32 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarendon work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (17%, 22 mi), Sweden (7%, 7 mi), Greece (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clarendon walkable?
Clarendon is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clarendon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarendon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarendon
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.