Fewer people are out of work in Deerfield (0.5%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Deerfield itself; outside it, Utica draws the most (28%, 7 miles). Deerfield grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Deerfield is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Deerfield apart on work
Commutes from Deerfield 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 lot of Deerfield works one town over
34% of working residents work in a town that borders Deerfield: Utica (28%), Marcy (4%) and Trenton (2%). Next door ↓
Most jobs in Deerfield pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Deerfield pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
The figures behind Deerfield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Deerfield is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #87 of 758 in New York. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deerfield could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Deerfield’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deerfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,833 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.
77% of the jobs in Deerfield pay over $3,333 a month
1,604 jobs are based in Deerfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deerfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,233 → 1,604. 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 Deerfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Deerfield, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,886 residents head out to work, 78 work right here, and 1,526 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Deerfield to work: where people go
Where Deerfield clocks in
28% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
The commute from Deerfield, by distance
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.
Few in Deerfield walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Deerfield is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #587 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,096 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 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 67% 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). 6.7% of Deerfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Deerfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,300, Deerfield ranks 464th of 4,364 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Pound Ridge NY | 5,057 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 462 | Paxton MA | 5,046 | $134K | 1.4% | 4.0% | 4% | A |
| 463 | Acme Township MI | 4,531 | $110K | 2.5% | 1.7% | 3% | A |
| 464 | Deerfield NY | 3,889 | $101K | 6.4% | 0.5% | 4% | A |
| 465 | Washington Township OH | 3,163 | $105K | 4.1% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 466 | Troy Township OH | 2,798 | $87K | 4.0% | 1.1% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | 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 Deerfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
34% of Deerfield works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deerfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield | – | A | C+ | 21 min | $101,029 |
| Russia | under 2% | C+ | D | 33 min | $86,116 |
| Utica | 28% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $52,484 |
| Marcy | 4% | A− | B | 22 min | $92,775 |
| Trenton | 2% | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $88,807 |
| Schuyler | under 2% | C+ | D | 21 min | $65,469 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Utica. Darker towns draw more of Deerfield’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 Deerfield: questions
What is the median household income in Deerfield?
$101,029 (±$6,951) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deerfield?
6.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deerfield?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deerfield work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (28%, 7 mi), New Hartford (15%, 11 mi), Whitestown (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deerfield walkable?
Deerfield is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deerfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deerfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deerfield
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.