Cornwall-on-Hudson has higher household incomes than 93% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Cornwall-on-Hudson itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (16%, 53 miles). 3.6% of residents live below the poverty line; New York has 14.0%. For jobs and income Cornwall-on-Hudson is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cornwall-on-Hudson: the figures worth knowing
How Cornwall-on-Hudson earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Cornwall-on-Hudson’s grade up ($140,208, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cornwall-on-Hudson could be anywhere from B to A+.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cornwall-on-Hudson
About 17% 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.
Who leaves Cornwall-on-Hudson for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,190 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 568 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Cornwall-on-Hudson on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.50 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The places Cornwall-on-Hudson commutes to
Where Cornwall-on-Hudson clocks in
16% of workers
13% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Cornwall-on-Hudson
630 jobs are based in Cornwall-on-Hudson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cornwall-on-Hudson, 2013 → 2023: 594 → 630. 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 Cornwall-on-Hudson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Cornwall-on-Hudson: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cornwall-on-Hudson workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,378 commuters (the 17% 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.
Few in Cornwall-on-Hudson walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,663 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). 2.0% of Cornwall-on-Hudson households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Cornwall-on-Hudson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Cornwall-on-Hudson is 720th among 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 718 | Konterra MD | 3,641 | $130K | 8.1% | 5.0% | 2% | A− |
| 719 | Hawley MN | 2,285 | $99K | 4.6% | 2.1% | 13% | A− |
| 720 | Cornwall-on-Hudson NY | 2,990 | $140K | 3.6% | 5.5% | 5% | A− |
| 721 | High Prairie Township KS | 2,135 | $103K | 8.5% | 2.4% | 2% | A− |
| 722 | Lyndon Township MI | 2,662 | $123K | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Cornwall-on-Hudson, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Cornwall-on-Hudson
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cornwall-on-Hudson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall-on-Hudson | – | A− | B+ | 31 min | $140,208 |
| Firthcliffe | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Firthcliffe: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cornwall-on-Hudson’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 Cornwall-on-Hudson: questions
What is the median household income in Cornwall-on-Hudson?
$140,208 (±$37,257) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cornwall-on-Hudson?
3.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cornwall-on-Hudson?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cornwall-on-Hudson work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (16%, 53 mi), Cornwall (13%, 3 mi), New Windsor (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cornwall-on-Hudson walkable?
Cornwall-on-Hudson is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cornwall-on-Hudson without a car?
3% 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 Cornwall-on-Hudson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cornwall-on-Hudson
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.