Photo: Dclemens1971 · CC BY 4.0Colesville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Colesville grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 280 jobs are based in Colesville for 1,822 working residents. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Colesville, in brief
Commutes from Colesville are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Colesville is a place people come home to
There are 280 jobs based in Colesville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Colesville has about 3,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Colesville workers work from home
Only 3% 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.
Inside Colesville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Colesville is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #680 of 758 in New York. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Colesville’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Colesville could be anywhere from D to B−.
Getting to work from Colesville takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Colesville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,737 commuters (the 3% 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.
Colesville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,707 residents head out to work, 115 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Colesville on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Out of Colesville to work: where people go
Where Colesville clocks in
15% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
What Colesville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Colesville, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 280. 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 Colesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Colesville commutes
About 24% 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.
Few in Colesville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Colesville is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #549 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,790 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). 9.2% of Colesville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Colesville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Colesville ranks: 3,314th of 3,867 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,312 | Charlestown NH | 4,924 | $47K | 14.8% | 5.1% | 19% | C− |
| 3,313 | Waynesville MO | 5,558 | $57K | 16.5% | 5.1% | 17% | C− |
| 3,314 | Colesville NY | 4,730 | $61K | 17.3% | 6.5% | 6% | C− |
| 3,315 | Conewango Township PA | 3,310 | $57K | 18.1% | 5.5% | 13% | C− |
| 3,316 | West Clarkston-Highland WA | 5,444 | $52K | 18.1% | 4.2% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | 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 Colesville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Colesville
The biggest share goes to Kirkwood (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Colesville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colesville | – | C− | C+ | 22 min | $61,317 |
| Windsor | under 3% | C | C | 26 min | $72,956 |
| Fenton | under 3% | C+ | C | 21 min | $73,162 |
| Sanford | under 3% | C− | B− | 27 min | $76,724 |
| Afton | under 3% | D | C | 23 min | $51,736 |
| Coventry | under 3% | C− | D | 28 min | $63,281 |
| Kirkwood | 5% | C+ | C+ | 18 min | $58,588 |
| Greene | 3% | C+ | B− | 23 min | $73,481 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Colesville’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 Colesville: questions
What is the median household income in Colesville?
$61,317 (±$13,855) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Colesville?
17.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Colesville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Colesville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Binghamton (15%, 14 mi), Union (9%, 20 mi), Chenango (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Colesville walkable?
Colesville is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Colesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Colesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Colesville
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.