A job hub: East Herkimer has 1.9 jobs per working resident, and 714 people come in to work
Only 4% work in East Herkimer; the top destination outside it is Herkimer (20%, 3 miles). 730 jobs are based in East Herkimer, and 385 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 8% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets East Herkimer apart on work
East Herkimer is where the jobs are
East Herkimer has 730 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,000 people are in town, 52% more than the 660 who live here. Day and night ↓
East Herkimer’s workforce skews older
41% of East Herkimer’s working residents are 55 or older. That’s about two in five. The jobs ↓
Commutes from East Herkimer are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 385 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of East Herkimer on a workday
On a workday 369 residents head out to work and 16 work right here.
About 1,000 people are in East Herkimer on a workday afternoon, 52% more 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.
69% of the jobs in East Herkimer pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Herkimer, 2014 → 2024: 785 → 730. 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 East Herkimer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long East Herkimer spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Herkimer workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 346 commuters (the 7% 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.
The daily trip into East Herkimer
Where East Herkimer clocks in
20% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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 distance from East Herkimer to work
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
East Herkimer and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Herkimer workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Herkimer | – | — | — | 28 min | $86,154 |
| Herkimer | under 3% | C− | A | 20 min | $48,529 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Herkimer’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 East Herkimer: questions
What is the median household income in East Herkimer?
$86,154 (±$9,851) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Herkimer?
4.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Herkimer?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Herkimer work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Herkimer (20%, 3 mi), Utica (14%, 14 mi), German Flatts (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around East Herkimer 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 East Herkimer, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Herkimer
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.