East Hill Historic District · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Danby (1.3%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Danby; the top destination outside it is Ithaca (29%, 7 miles). Danby grades A− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Danby
Commutes from Danby 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 ↓
Danby is a place people come home to
There are 255 jobs based in Danby, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Danby has about 2,000 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Danby works in Ithaca
421 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Ithaca, 6.7 miles away across the town line. That’s 15 times as many as work in Danby itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Danby’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Unemployment holds Danby’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Danby could be anywhere from C to A.
Danby’s commute 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 Danby workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,363 commuters (the 19% 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.
Who commutes out of Danby, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,445 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 224 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Danby on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
Commuting out of Danby: the destinations
Where Danby clocks in
29% of workers
24% 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.
Danby works in goods: 60% of its jobs
255 jobs are based in Danby.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danby, 2013 → 2023: 272 → 255. 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 Danby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Danby commutes
About 19% 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 Danby, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,685 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). 0.0% of Danby households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Danby’s commuters take a bus or train.
Danby places 936th of 4,453 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 934 | Oneida Township MI | 3,966 | $93K | 5.9% | 3.8% | 2% | A− |
| 935 | Wayland Township MI | 3,620 | $91K | 8.7% | 2.5% | 5% | A− |
| 936 | Danby NY | 3,268 | $100K | 6.8% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| 937 | Warwick Township PA | 2,599 | $105K | 4.7% | 5.0% | 4% | A− |
| 938 | Solomons MD | 2,440 | $95K | 0.6% | 3.1% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Danby, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 31% of Danby’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Danby workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danby | – | A− | D− | 22 min | $99,886 |
| Caroline | under 2% | C+ | C− | 21 min | $80,855 |
| Newfield | 2% | C+ | C+ | 26 min | $74,333 |
| Spencer | under 2% | C− | D | 29 min | $63,309 |
| Candor | under 2% | D | C | 28 min | $49,036 |
| Ithaca | 29% | B | A− | 17 min | $105,978 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ithaca. Darker towns draw more of Danby’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 Danby: questions
What is the median household income in Danby?
$99,886 (±$44,244) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danby?
6.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danby?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danby work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ithaca (29%, 7 mi), Ithaca (24%, 8 mi), Lansing (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Danby walkable?
Danby is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Danby without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Danby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Danby
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.