Photo: E. Bailey · Public domainThere are 1.8 jobs in Ellicott for every working resident, and 5,556 people commute in
6% of workers have no commute at all, where New York as a whole has 15%. Employers in Ellicott report 6,223 jobs, against 3,451 working residents. About one in five work in Ellicott itself; outside it, Jamestown draws the most (28%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ellicott at work: what stands out
Commutes from Ellicott are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 130 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Ellicott works one town over
39% of working residents work in a town that borders Ellicott: Jamestown (28%), Busti (9%) and Ellery (2%). Next door ↓
Ellicott is where the jobs are
Ellicott has 6,223 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Ellicott makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Ellicott are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ellicott residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Most Ellicott residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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.
Why Ellicott gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ellicott is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #422 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Ellicott’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($60,880, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ellicott could be anywhere from C to B+.
Getting to work from Ellicott takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellicott workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,663 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.
A workday in Ellicott: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,784 residents head out to work and 667 work right here.
About 11,000 people are in Ellicott on a workday afternoon, 32% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 40% of the jobs in Ellicott
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellicott, 2013 → 2023: 6,157 → 6,223. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellicott’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Ellicott 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where the people who work in Ellicott live
Where Ellicott clocks in
28% of workers
4% 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 Ellicott, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ellicott is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #584 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,906 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). 6.7% of Ellicott households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ellicott’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,944 U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,600, Ellicott comes 1,762nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,760 | Pleasanton TX | 11,511 | $65K | 12.6% | 3.0% | 17% | B− |
| 1,761 | Quartz Hill CA | 11,510 | $105K | 11.3% | 7.3% | 3% | B− |
| 1,762 | Ellicott NY | 8,558 | $61K | 11.0% | 2.5% | 19% | B− |
| 1,763 | Odenville AL | 6,023 | $70K | 15.0% | 3.3% | 3% | B− |
| 1,764 | York SC | 10,620 | $56K | 15.9% | 2.2% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,944 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Ellicott, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 39% of Ellicott’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ellicott workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellicott | – | B− | C+ | 16 min | $60,880 |
| Jamestown | 28% | D | A | 15 min | $43,523 |
| Celoron | under 2% | C− | B | 13 min | $51,964 |
| Gerry | under 2% | C+ | C | 27 min | $68,667 |
| Poland | under 2% | C+ | C | 21 min | $70,332 |
| Busti | 9% | C | C | 21 min | $67,292 |
| Ellery | 2% | C+ | B− | 23 min | $86,833 |
| Lakewood | under 2% | C | B+ | 21 min | $67,557 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jamestown. Darker towns draw more of Ellicott’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 Ellicott: questions
What is the median household income in Ellicott?
$60,880 (±$6,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellicott?
11.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellicott?
16 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 Ellicott work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (28%, 2 mi), Busti (9%, 7 mi), Chautauqua (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ellicott walkable?
Ellicott is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ellicott without a car?
<1% 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 Ellicott, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellicott
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.