Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Coventry works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Coventry C−; getting around on foot earns it D. There are 74 jobs in Coventry, against 619 working residents. 7% of workers work from 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
What stands out about work in Coventry
Coventry is a place people come home to
There are 74 jobs based in Coventry, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Coventry has about 940 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Coventry averages 28 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (22 to 24 minutes). Next door ↓
Commutes from Coventry are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 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 619 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Coventry
On income, poverty and job access, Coventry is better than 16% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Coventry’s grade.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Coventry’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, Coventry could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who works in Coventry, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 615 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Coventry on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The daily trip from Coventry: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coventry workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 563 commuters (the 7% 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.
13% of working residents work in Greene
Where Coventry clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
45% of the jobs in Coventry make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coventry, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 74. 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 Coventry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Coventry works
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.
In Coventry, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coventry is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Coventry near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 606 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.3% of Coventry households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Coventry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Coventry is 4,689th among 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,687 | Fairgrove Township MI | 1,528 | $51K | 10.5% | 1.4% | 3% | C− |
| 4,688 | Broomfield Township MI | 1,924 | $65K | 15.0% | 5.4% | 6% | C− |
| 4,689 | Coventry NY | 1,484 | $63K | 15.0% | 3.6% | 1% | C− |
| 4,690 | Iron River WI | 1,274 | $58K | 9.6% | 1.3% | 16% | C− |
| 4,691 | Sheffield IA | 1,103 | $54K | 13.4% | 3.3% | 15% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Coventry, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 22% of Coventry’s workers
The biggest share goes to Greene (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coventry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | – | C− | D | 28 min | $63,281 |
| Greene | 13% | C+ | B− | 23 min | $73,481 |
| Oxford | under 3% | D | B− | 24 min | $61,168 |
| Afton | 5% | D | C | 23 min | $51,736 |
| Colesville | under 3% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $61,317 |
| Bainbridge | 4% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $60,391 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coventry’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 Coventry: questions
What is the median household income in Coventry?
$63,281 (±$11,892) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coventry?
15.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coventry?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coventry work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greene (13%, 6 mi), Sidney (8%, 18 mi), Binghamton (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coventry walkable?
Coventry is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coventry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coventry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coventry
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.