Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House · Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer people are out of work in Enfield (0.5%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 73% of U.S. towns. Enfield grades B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. The trip to work takes 31 minutes on average, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Enfield in brief
Enfield is a place people come home to
There are 227 jobs based in Enfield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Enfield has about 2,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Enfield averages 31 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (17 to 27 minutes). Next door ↓
A lot of Enfield works one town over
26% of working residents work in a town that borders Enfield: Ithaca (22%), Ulysses (3%) and Newfield (1%). Next door ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Enfield
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Enfield is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #318 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Enfield’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (14.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Enfield could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
How a workday changes Enfield
On a workday 1,279 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Enfield on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.17 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
26% of working residents work in Ithaca
Where Enfield clocks in
26% of workers
22% 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 Enfield, 44% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
227 jobs are based in Enfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Enfield, 2013 → 2023: 288 → 227. 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 Enfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way for Enfield’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,428 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where in the region Enfield works
About 19% 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.
For most of Enfield, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Enfield is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #555 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,683 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). 3.2% of Enfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Enfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Enfield next to U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400: 1,597th of 4,453 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,595 | Goldstream AK | 3,294 | $104K | 4.7% | 3.7% | — | B |
| 1,596 | Baden PA | 3,831 | $63K | 8.4% | 3.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,597 | Enfield NY | 3,230 | $95K | 14.3% | 0.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,598 | Harpersfield Township OH | 2,607 | $66K | 5.9% | 2.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,599 | Fawn Township PA | 3,075 | $117K | 5.8% | 5.2% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Enfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 26% of Enfield
The biggest share goes to Ithaca (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Enfield’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 Enfield: questions
What is the median household income in Enfield?
$94,750 (±$27,320) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Enfield?
14.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enfield?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ithaca (26%, 6 mi), Ithaca (22%, 4 mi), Lansing (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Enfield walkable?
Enfield is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Enfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Enfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enfield
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.