Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Ephratah has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C: better than 30% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D: more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 57% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 32 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Ephratah; the top destination outside it is Johnstown (15%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ephratah
What’s behind Ephratah’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Ephratah is better than 30% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Ephratah’s grade up ($80,625, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Ephratah’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, Ephratah could be anywhere from D to B.
Ephratah quiets down on a workday
On a workday 603 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Ephratah on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.18 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.
15% of working residents work in Johnstown
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Ephratah clocks in
15% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
110 jobs are based in Ephratah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ephratah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ephratah, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 110. 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.
About 32 minutes each way, about the NY average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ephratah workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 640 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Ephratah commutes less than 17 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
Most trips from Ephratah start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ephratah is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ephratah near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 695 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). 10.6% of Ephratah households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ephratah’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ephratah is 3,201st of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ephratah, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,199 | Enfield ME | 1,444 | $63K | 6.8% | 0.0% | 9% | C |
| 3,200 | Alstead NH | 1,928 | $65K | 8.9% | 3.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,201 | Ephratah NY | 1,645 | $81K | 11.5% | 2.1% | 2% | C |
| 3,202 | Pike Township OH | 1,723 | $69K | 9.9% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,203 | Adams Township OH | 1,880 | $78K | 16.0% | 3.4% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
Ephratah and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Johnstown (3%). Darker towns draw more of Ephratah’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ephratah workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephratah | – | C | D | 32 min | $80,625 |
| Palatine | under 4% | C+ | C− | 25 min | $69,722 |
| Johnstown | 3% | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $97,283 |
| Stratford | under 4% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Oppenheim | under 4% | C− | D | 28 min | $69,148 |
| Caroga | under 4% | C | D− | 33 min | $65,395 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stratford: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Ephratah: questions
What is the median household income in Ephratah?
$80,625 (±$22,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ephratah?
11.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ephratah?
32 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 Ephratah work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Johnstown (15%, 10 mi), Gloversville (6%, 11 mi), Manheim (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ephratah walkable?
Ephratah is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ephratah without a car?
<1% 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 Ephratah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ephratah
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.