With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Conquest works elsewhere
Home is the office for 6% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%. 49 jobs are based in Conquest, and 763 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Conquest C; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Conquest in brief
Conquest is a place people come home to
There are 49 jobs based in Conquest, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Conquest has about 1,000 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Conquest are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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; with 763 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Conquest’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Conquest is better than 32% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Conquest’s grade up ($81,620, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Conquest’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, Conquest could be anywhere from C− to C+.
A workday in Conquest: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 759 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Conquest on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Conquest’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Conquest workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 849 commuters (the 6% 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.
16% of working residents work in Auburn
Where Conquest clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Conquest: what the 49 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conquest, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 49. 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 Conquest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Conquest
About 18% 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 commute in Conquest is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Conquest is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 906 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). 4.1% of Conquest households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Conquest’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Conquest is 3,520th among 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,518 | Clifton Springs NY | 2,170 | $65K | 17.9% | 3.0% | 10% | C |
| 3,519 | Adams Township IN | 1,245 | $71K | 25.7% | 3.4% | 1% | C |
| 3,520 | Conquest NY | 1,752 | $82K | 18.0% | 3.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,521 | Rayburn Township PA | 1,716 | $70K | 11.7% | 4.2% | 5% | C |
| 3,522 | Mexico Beach FL | 1,275 | $64K | 5.6% | 8.5% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Conquest, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to Conquest
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Conquest workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conquest | – | C | D | 26 min | $81,620 |
| Mentz | 6% | C− | C | 29 min | $52,602 |
| Montezuma | under 3% | B− | D− | 23 min | $73,250 |
| Savannah | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 31 min | $62,604 |
| Cato | under 3% | C+ | C | 23 min | $79,760 |
| Victory | under 3% | C+ | D− | 35 min | $71,071 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mentz. Darker towns draw more of Conquest’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 Conquest: questions
What is the median household income in Conquest?
$81,620 (±$10,157) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Conquest?
18.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Conquest?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Conquest work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn (16%, 14 mi), Syracuse (7%, 26 mi), Mentz (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Conquest walkable?
Conquest is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Conquest without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Conquest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conquest
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.