Most of Ellington commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 68 jobs in Ellington for 615 working residents. Jobs and income earn Ellington C−; getting around on foot earns it C+. 7% of workers work from home; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Ellington in brief
Ellington is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Ellington, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ellington has about 930 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Ellington are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 615 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Ellington’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Ellington’s grade up ($65,000, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Ellington’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, Ellington could be anywhere from D− to B−.
In and out of Ellington on a workday
On a workday 609 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Ellington on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Ellington: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellington workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 597 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.
22% of working residents work in Jamestown
Where Ellington clocks in
22% of workers
21% 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.
Goods, not services: 43% of the jobs in Ellington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellington, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 68. 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 Ellington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Ellington commutes
About 17% 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.
In Ellington, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ellington is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 639 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). 11.4% of Ellington households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Ellington’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Ellington ranks: 4,747th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,745 | Appleton ME | 1,469 | $54K | 9.7% | 1.8% | 6% | C− |
| 4,746 | Davis Township MO | 1,102 | $56K | 9.6% | 3.7% | 8% | C− |
| 4,747 | Ellington NY | 1,477 | $65K | 18.0% | 5.1% | 1% | C− |
| 4,748 | Clayton WI | 1,024 | $71K | 15.4% | 0.7% | 9% | C− |
| 4,749 | Benld IL | 1,403 | $48K | 15.4% | 7.0% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Ellington, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Ellington and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Poland (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ellington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellington | – | C− | C+ | 25 min | $65,000 |
| Conewango | under 2% | D− | B− | 21 min | $50,598 |
| Cherry Creek | under 2% | D | B | 24 min | $57,058 |
| Gerry | under 2% | C+ | C | 27 min | $68,667 |
| Poland | 4% | C+ | C | 21 min | $70,332 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ellington’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 Ellington: questions
What is the median household income in Ellington?
$65,000 (±$15,374) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellington?
18.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellington?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellington work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (22%, 10 mi), Ellicott (21%, 8 mi), Busti (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ellington walkable?
Ellington is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ellington without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ellington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellington
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.