Erin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Erin has 31 jobs for 710 working residents. The two grades for Erin are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Erin apart on work
Erin is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Erin, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Erin has about 1,100 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Erin workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 710 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Erin’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Erin is better than 36% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Erin’s grade up (7.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Erin’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Erin could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Who works in Erin, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 707 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Erin on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Erin: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Erin workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 859 commuters (the 4% 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.
13% of working residents work in Horseheads
Where Erin clocks in
13% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 48% of Erin’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Erin, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 31. 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 Erin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Erin
About 16% 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.
Few in Erin walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Erin is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 1.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 896 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Erin households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Erin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Erin places 3,210th of 6,085 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,208 | Bowling Green VA | 1,284 | $83K | 14.6% | 7.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 3,209 | Harrison Township IN | 1,940 | $68K | 7.4% | 7.9% | 7% | C+ |
| 3,210 | Erin NY | 1,744 | $67K | 7.8% | 3.1% | <1% | C+ |
| 3,211 | Wayne Township PA | 1,399 | $75K | 9.4% | 6.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 3,212 | Leavittsburg OH | 1,283 | $54K | 13.2% | 1.5% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Erin, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 19% of Erin
The biggest share goes to Horseheads (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Erin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erin | – | C+ | D | 31 min | $66,583 |
| Cayuta | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Van Etten | 6% | C− | C | 34 min | $61,620 |
| Baldwin | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Horseheads | 13% | C+ | B− | 19 min | $68,990 |
| Breesport | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cayuta and Baldwin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Breesport: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Erin’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 Erin: questions
What is the median household income in Erin?
$66,583 (±$8,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Erin?
7.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Erin?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Erin work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Horseheads (13%, 6 mi), Elmira (12%, 9 mi), Ithaca (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Erin walkable?
Erin is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 1.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Erin without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Erin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Erin
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.