Photo: Yhoitink · CC BY-SA 3.0Clymer’s household incomes are higher than in 66% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Clymer is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+). Below the poverty line: 6.1% of residents, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. About one in seven work in Clymer itself; outside it, Sherman draws the most (9%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clymer and work: the main findings
Commutes from Clymer are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker, and quicker than any town next door (26 to 28 minutes). Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
46% of the jobs in Clymer are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. 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 598 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Clymer’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Clymer’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Clymer’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, Clymer could be anywhere from C to B+.
Time on the road from Clymer: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clymer workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 805 commuters (the 11% 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 commute from Clymer, by distance
About 33% 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.
The kinds of work in Clymer
455 jobs are based in Clymer.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clymer, 2013 → 2023: 439 → 455. 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 Clymer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Clymer
On a workday 509 residents head out to work, 89 work right here, and 366 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 (0.76 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.
Commuting out of Clymer: the destinations
Where Clymer clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
Getting around Clymer: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 16.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 904 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). 35.2% of Clymer households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Clymer’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,033rd of 5,343: where Clymer ranks among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,031 | Garyville LA | 2,119 | $88K | 18.6% | 6.3% | 7% | B− |
| 2,032 | Jefferson Township IN | 1,353 | $80K | 11.9% | 5.5% | 3% | B− |
| 2,033 | Clymer NY | 1,807 | $88K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 15% | B− |
| 2,034 | Porterfield WI | 1,927 | $75K | 2.7% | 3.3% | 2% | B− |
| 2,035 | Ladd IL | 1,384 | $67K | 6.4% | 2.5% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Clymer, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
12% of Clymer works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clymer workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clymer | – | B− | B+ | 23 min | $87,917 |
| Harmony | under 3% | B− | D | 26 min | $58,600 |
| French Creek | 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Sherman | 9% | D | B+ | 26 min | $51,953 |
Same-state neighbors only. French Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sherman. Darker towns draw more of Clymer’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 Clymer: questions
What is the median household income in Clymer?
$87,917 (±$17,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clymer?
6.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clymer?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clymer work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sherman (9%, 6 mi), Jamestown (6%, 19 mi), Mina (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clymer walkable?
Clymer is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clymer without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 35% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clymer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clymer
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.