Most of Denmark commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
285 jobs are based in Denmark for 796 working residents. Jobs and income earn Denmark C; getting around on foot earns it C+. For 6% of workers, the job is at home, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Denmark, in a few figures
A lot of Denmark works one town over
31% of working residents work in a town that borders Denmark: Lowville (22%), Wilna (5%) and Champion (4%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Denmark are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 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 796 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Denmark’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Denmark is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #584 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Denmark’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Denmark could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Getting to work from Denmark takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Denmark workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,144 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.
In and out of Denmark on a workday
On a workday 759 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Denmark on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
22% of working residents work in Lowville
Where Denmark clocks in
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.
In Denmark, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Denmark, 2013 → 2023: 273 → 285. 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 Denmark’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Denmark’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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.
For most of Denmark, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Denmark is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #543 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,223 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). 4.7% of Denmark households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Denmark’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500, Denmark comes 3,389th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,387 | Minonk IL | 1,889 | $69K | 10.3% | 6.9% | 18% | C |
| 3,388 | Savanna Township IL | 3,324 | $50K | 16.6% | 1.4% | 27% | C |
| 3,389 | Denmark NY | 2,619 | $63K | 16.7% | 2.2% | 5% | C |
| 3,390 | Poydras LA | 2,260 | $59K | 24.3% | 1.3% | 3% | C |
| 3,391 | Prescott AR | 2,949 | $48K | 20.9% | 0.0% | 34% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Denmark, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
31% of Denmark works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Lowville (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Denmark workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | – | C | C+ | 23 min | $63,270 |
| Croghan | under 2% | C | C | 22 min | $72,220 |
| Champion | 4% | D | B− | 20 min | $56,875 |
| New Bremen | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 24 min | $61,274 |
| Wilna | 5% | D | B− | 24 min | $60,213 |
| Carthage | under 2% | D | B− | 28 min | $58,125 |
| Lowville | 22% | C− | B+ | 14 min | $69,150 |
| Rutland | under 2% | C− | D | 23 min | $72,404 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Denmark’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 Denmark: questions
What is the median household income in Denmark?
$63,270 (±$3,501) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Denmark?
16.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Denmark?
23 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 Denmark work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lowville (22%, 8 mi), Watertown (12%, 15 mi), Wilna (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Denmark walkable?
Denmark is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Denmark without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Denmark, from the people who make the trip.
More of Denmark
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.