Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Conewango has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Conewango has 72 jobs; 530 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Conewango D−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Household incomes here are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Conewango: the gist
Conewango is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Conewango, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Conewango has about 1,300 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Conewango are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 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
31% 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 530 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Conewango’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Conewango is better than 3% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Conewango’s grade.
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Conewango’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, Conewango could be anywhere from D− to D.
The daily commute in and out of Conewango
On a workday 526 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Conewango on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Conewango workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 520 commuters (the 13% 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 Conewango to work
About 31% 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.
13% of working residents work in Randolph
Where Conewango clocks in
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 53% of the jobs in Conewango
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conewango, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 72. 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 Conewango’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Conewango: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Conewango is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 21.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 2.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 599 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). 36.6% of Conewango households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Conewango’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Conewango compares with U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,424 | Iva SC | 1,209 | $25K | 39.3% | 8.7% | 7% | D− |
| 5,425 | Freeborn Township MO | 1,369 | $46K | 27.0% | 1.7% | 12% | D− |
| 5,426 | Conewango NY | 1,734 | $51K | 32.0% | 6.5% | 1% | D− |
| 5,427 | East Providence Township PA | 1,826 | $53K | 24.5% | 8.9% | 8% | D− |
| 5,428 | New Chester WI | 2,002 | $49K | 25.7% | 14.8% | 3% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Conewango, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
13% of Conewango works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Conewango workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conewango | – | D− | B− | 21 min | $50,598 |
| Leon | under 3% | D | C+ | 35 min | $56,048 |
| Ellington | under 3% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $65,000 |
| Randolph | 13% | B− | B | 28 min | $77,440 |
| Napoli | under 3% | C | C+ | 28 min | $91,932 |
| Poland | under 3% | C+ | C | 21 min | $70,332 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Randolph. Darker towns draw more of Conewango’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 Conewango: questions
What is the median household income in Conewango?
$50,598 (±$10,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Conewango?
32.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Conewango?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Conewango work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Randolph (13%, 6 mi), Ellicott (9%, 13 mi), Little Valley (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Conewango walkable?
Conewango is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 21% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Conewango without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 37% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Conewango, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conewango
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.