Household incomes in Deposit are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Deposit for work; outside it, Deposit is the main destination (17%, 3 miles). The poverty rate is 27.8% (New York 14.0%). For jobs and income Deposit is better than 2% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Deposit: the figures worth knowing
Fewer jobs are based in Deposit than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Deposit fell from 837 in 2013 to 489 in 2023, −42%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Deposit 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 ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 473 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Deposit
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Deposit’s grade.
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Deposit’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, Deposit could be anywhere from D− to D.
The kinds of work in Deposit
489 jobs are based in Deposit.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deposit, 2013 → 2023: 837 → 489. 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 Deposit’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Deposit: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deposit workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 495 commuters (the 16% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Deposit
About 32% 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.
How a workday changes Deposit
On a workday 399 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 415 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 (1.03 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.
The towns that employ Deposit’s residents
Where Deposit 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 Deposit, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 16.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 592 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). 15.7% of Deposit households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Deposit’s commuters take a bus or train.
Deposit next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,640 | Pineville KY | 1,552 | $25K | 34.0% | 15.0% | 24% | D− |
| 5,641 | Rich Hill MO | 1,264 | $47K | 33.7% | 6.5% | 9% | D− |
| 5,642 | Deposit NY | 1,404 | $48K | 27.8% | 3.1% | 16% | D− |
| 5,643 | Stamford NY | 1,034 | $44K | 23.1% | 7.9% | 17% | D− |
| 5,644 | Ivanhoe TX | 1,376 | $52K | 32.7% | 8.5% | 1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Deposit, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Deposit: questions
What is the median household income in Deposit?
$48,214 (±$13,021) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deposit?
27.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deposit?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deposit work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Deposit (17%, 3 mi), Sanford (8%, 4 mi), New York City (5%, 124 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deposit walkable?
Deposit is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deposit without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deposit, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deposit
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.