Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Cochecton has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Cochecton has 164 jobs; 658 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Cochecton is better than 31% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−). A typical one-way commute lasts 35 minutes, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Cochecton
Cochecton is a place people come home to
There are 164 jobs based in Cochecton, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cochecton has about 940 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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; with 658 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Cochecton: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Cochecton’s grade up (8.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.7%) is left out: Cochecton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cochecton could be anywhere from D to B.
Who commutes out of Cochecton, and who commutes in
On a workday 612 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Cochecton on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Miles to work from Cochecton
About 35% 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.
16% of working residents work in Thompson
Where Cochecton clocks in
16% of workers
10% 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.
53% of the jobs in Cochecton make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cochecton, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 164. 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 Cochecton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Cochecton spends getting to work: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cochecton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 613 commuters (the 15% 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 Cochecton: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 722 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.4% of Cochecton households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Cochecton’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cochecton ranks: 3,244th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,242 | Kersey CO | 1,500 | $68K | 13.5% | 4.8% | 9% | C |
| 3,243 | Belle Plaine KS | 1,442 | $63K | 16.8% | 3.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,244 | Cochecton NY | 1,435 | $72K | 8.2% | 6.7% | 7% | C |
| 3,245 | Bloom Township OH | 1,608 | $78K | 14.6% | 2.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,246 | Washington Township PA | 1,845 | $69K | 11.5% | 2.8% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Cochecton, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
16% of Cochecton works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Delaware (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Cochecton’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 Cochecton: questions
What is the median household income in Cochecton?
$72,292 (±$36,460) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cochecton?
8.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cochecton?
35 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cochecton work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thompson (16%, 17 mi), Delaware (10%, 5 mi), New York City (10%, 89 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cochecton walkable?
Cochecton is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cochecton without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cochecton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cochecton
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.