Seventh Day Baptist Church · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0DeRuyter has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in DeRuyter report 293 jobs; 541 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn DeRuyter C; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 7% work in DeRuyter itself; outside it, Hamilton draws the most (11%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in DeRuyter
On income, poverty and job access, DeRuyter is better than 29% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds DeRuyter’s grade up (9.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: DeRuyter’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, DeRuyter could be anywhere from D to B−.
The daily flow of workers through DeRuyter
On a workday 503 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 255 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in DeRuyter 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from DeRuyter work
Where DeRuyter clocks in
7% 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.
Jobs in DeRuyter: what the 293 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in DeRuyter, 2014 → 2024: 247 → 293. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs DeRuyter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from DeRuyter: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of DeRuyter workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 524 commuters (the 10% 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.
How far it is to work from DeRuyter
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how DeRuyter gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, DeRuyter is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 582 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). 7.1% of DeRuyter households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of DeRuyter’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, DeRuyter comes 2,806th on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,804 | Newville PA | 1,409 | $59K | 17.0% | 6.0% | 4% | C |
| 2,805 | Cornville ME | 1,378 | $80K | 12.2% | 3.4% | 1% | C |
| 2,806 | DeRuyter NY | 1,257 | $75K | 9.1% | 0.8% | 7% | C |
| 2,807 | Cedarville AR | 1,458 | $60K | 9.5% | 1.7% | 4% | C |
| 2,808 | Tolar TX | 1,472 | $91K | 17.2% | 6.7% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 DeRuyter, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
DeRuyter and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Cazenovia (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | DeRuyter workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeRuyter | – | C | C− | 30 min | $74,583 |
| Cazenovia | 4% | B+ | A− | 23 min | $108,250 |
| Georgetown | 3% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Fabius | under 3% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $94,063 |
| Lincklaen | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Cuyler | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Georgetown, Lincklaen and Cuyler: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of DeRuyter’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 2024, 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 DeRuyter: questions
What is the median household income in DeRuyter?
$74,583 (±$15,849) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in DeRuyter?
9.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from DeRuyter?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in DeRuyter work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamilton (11%, 18 mi), Syracuse (7%, 24 mi), DeWitt (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is DeRuyter walkable?
DeRuyter is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around DeRuyter 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 DeRuyter, from the people who make the trip.
More of DeRuyter
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.