Household incomes in Cobleskill trail those of 92% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Cobleskill itself; outside it, Cobleskill draws the most (24%, 2 miles). 16.2% of residents are in poverty, against 14.0% across New York. For jobs and income Cobleskill is better than 9% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cobleskill, in a few figures
Cobleskill is where the jobs are
Cobleskill has 2,685 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Cobleskill and Cobleskill trade workers both ways
Cobleskill is the top workplace for Cobleskill residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Cobleskill come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Cobleskill are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Cobleskill: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Cobleskill’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($46,059, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cobleskill could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Who works in Cobleskill, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,057 residents head out to work, 248 work right here, and 2,437 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Cobleskill on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Cobleskill’s workforce comes from
Where Cobleskill clocks in
9% 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.
The trip to work from Cobleskill: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cobleskill workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,652 commuters (the 12% 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 Cobleskill to work
About 34% 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.
What work there is in Cobleskill: 2,685 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cobleskill, 2013 → 2023: 3,218 → 2,685. 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 Cobleskill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Cobleskill
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 19.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 9.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,879 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). 10.9% of Cobleskill households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Cobleskill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cobleskill next to U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,632 | Paint Township OH | 4,882 | $53K | 17.3% | 5.9% | 1% | D |
| 3,633 | Manchester GA | 3,594 | $51K | 20.1% | 6.0% | 10% | D |
| 3,634 | Cobleskill NY | 4,623 | $46K | 16.2% | 6.8% | 19% | D |
| 3,635 | Edna TX | 6,088 | $60K | 24.6% | 7.5% | 13% | D |
| 3,636 | Parowan UT | 3,282 | $53K | 12.3% | 8.6% | 16% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | 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 Cobleskill, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Cobleskill: questions
What is the median household income in Cobleskill?
$46,059 (±$7,996) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cobleskill?
16.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cobleskill?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cobleskill work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cobleskill (24%, 2 mi), New York City (9%, 142 mi), Albany (5%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cobleskill walkable?
Cobleskill is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cobleskill without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cobleskill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cobleskill
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.