Erie Canal · Public domainA job hub: Florida has 3.0 jobs per working resident, and 2,914 people come in to work
Employers in Florida report 2,989 jobs; 1,010 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Florida are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 7% work in Florida itself; outside it, Amsterdam draws the most (12%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Florida apart on work
Stores, warehouses and trucking
83% of the jobs in Florida are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Florida is where the jobs are
Florida has 2,989 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,700 people are in town, 72% more than the 2,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Florida has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Florida went from 1,519 in 2014 to 2,989 in 2024, +97%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Florida are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Florida’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Florida is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #380 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Florida’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Florida could be anywhere from C+ to A.
What Florida’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Florida, 2014 → 2024: 1,519 → 2,989. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Florida’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Florida nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 935 residents head out to work and 75 work right here.
About 4,700 people are in Florida on a workday afternoon, 72% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Florida workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,411 commuters (the 13% 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.
Who travels to work in Florida, and from where
Where Florida clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Florida
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Florida gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Florida is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #646 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,617 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). 2.1% of Florida households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Florida’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Florida is 2,101st among 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,099 | South Creek WA | 2,191 | $85K | 3.2% | 5.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,100 | Harrison Township IN | 2,153 | $73K | 8.6% | 1.1% | 6% | B− |
| 2,101 | Florida NY | 2,756 | $93K | 6.3% | 6.0% | 7% | B− |
| 2,102 | Kinsey AL | 2,291 | $56K | 8.5% | 1.8% | 1% | B− |
| 2,103 | Pima AZ | 3,181 | $98K | 5.1% | 4.1% | 16% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Florida, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 20% of Florida
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Florida workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | – | B− | C | 26 min | $93,008 |
| Glen | under 3% | B | B− | 32 min | $83,750 |
| Amsterdam | 3% | C+ | C− | 25 min | $83,989 |
| Charleston | under 3% | B | C | 34 min | $91,417 |
| Amsterdam | 12% | C− | B | 21 min | $56,178 |
| Fort Johnson | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Duanesburg | under 3% | B | C+ | 30 min | $95,378 |
| Tribes Hill | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Princetown | under 3% | A | D− | 33 min | $98,438 |
| Mohawk | 2% | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $81,473 |
| Rotterdam | 3% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $86,331 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fort Johnson and Tribes Hill: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Amsterdam. Darker towns draw more of Florida’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 2024, 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 Florida: questions
What is the median household income in Florida?
$93,008 (±$7,069) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Florida?
6.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Florida?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Florida work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amsterdam (12%, 3 mi), Schenectady (8%, 15 mi), Colonie (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Florida walkable?
Florida is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Florida without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Florida, from the people who make the trip.
More of Florida
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.