A job hub: Eldred has 2.5 jobs per working resident, and 218 people come in to work
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, next to 15% for New York as a whole. There are 223 jobs in Eldred for 89 working residents. Only 6% work in Eldred; the top destination outside it is Thompson (17%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Eldred for work, and who comes in
On a workday 84 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 270 people are in Eldred on a workday afternoon, 99% 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.
Where the people who work in Eldred live
Where Eldred clocks in
17% of workers
12% 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.
What Eldred’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eldred, 2014 → 2024: 181 → 223. 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 Eldred’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Eldred: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eldred workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 5% 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.
Eldred’s commute, mile by mile
About 36% 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.
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 Eldred: questions
What is the poverty rate in Eldred?
23.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eldred?
28 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 Eldred work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thompson (17%, 13 mi), New York City (12%, 77 mi), Liberty (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Eldred without a car?
14% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eldred, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eldred
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.