Photo: User:Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Erwin are higher than in 66% of U.S. towns
9.3% of residents live below the poverty line (New York 14.0%). For jobs and income Erwin is better than 58% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (B+). About one in five work in Erwin itself; outside it, Corning draws the most (26%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Erwin and work: the main findings
Commutes from Erwin are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 138 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Erwin is where the jobs are
Erwin has 5,523 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Erwin and Corning trade workers both ways
Corning is the top workplace for Erwin residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Erwin come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Erwin makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Erwin are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Erwin residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Erwin’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Erwin’s grade up ($88,333, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Erwin could be anywhere from C to A−.
About 15 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Erwin workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,648 commuters (the 10% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Erwin
On a workday 2,670 residents head out to work, 659 work right here, and 4,864 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Erwin on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
1.7 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.
The daily trip into Erwin
Where Erwin clocks in
26% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 38% of jobs based in Erwin
5,523 jobs are based in Erwin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Erwin, 2013 → 2023: 5,209 → 5,523. 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 Erwin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Erwin goes to work
About 24% 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.
Driving is how Erwin gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,032 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). 7.1% of Erwin households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Erwin’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Erwin ranks: 1,517th of 3,026 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,515 | Sugar Creek Township OH | 7,151 | $77K | 12.5% | 3.6% | 18% | B |
| 1,516 | Rodeo CA | 8,976 | $91K | 8.4% | 10.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,517 | Erwin NY | 7,824 | $88K | 9.3% | 4.0% | 20% | B |
| 1,518 | Little Canada MN | 10,567 | $78K | 11.5% | 5.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,519 | Mabank TX | 7,294 | $55K | 5.0% | 1.9% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,026 | 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 Erwin, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Erwin and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Corning (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Erwin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin | – | B | B+ | 15 min | $88,333 |
| Corning | 7% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $88,482 |
| Addison | under 2% | C− | B | 26 min | $57,105 |
| Lindley | under 2% | B− | D | 29 min | $86,518 |
| Painted Post | under 2% | C+ | A− | 17 min | $62,891 |
| Campbell | 2% | C | C− | 25 min | $74,508 |
| Hornby | under 2% | B | D | 21 min | $88,281 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Erwin’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 Erwin: questions
What is the median household income in Erwin?
$88,333 (±$15,946) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Erwin?
9.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Erwin?
15 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Erwin work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corning (26%, 4 mi), Corning (7%, 6 mi), Horseheads (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Erwin walkable?
Erwin is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Erwin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Erwin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Erwin
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.