Photo: Dclemens1971 · CC BY 4.0Unemployment in Floyd (1.3%) is lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Floyd is better than 70% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (D−). Only 4% stay in Floyd for work; outside it, Rome is the main destination (16%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Floyd
Commutes from Floyd are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Floyd is a place people come home to
There are 182 jobs based in Floyd, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Floyd has about 2,100 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Floyd works one town over
30% of working residents work in a town that borders Floyd: Rome (16%), Whitestown (7%) and Trenton (5%). 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Floyd
Unemployment holds Floyd’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (13.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Floyd could be anywhere from B− to A.
How long Floyd spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Floyd workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,469 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Floyd
On a workday 1,658 residents head out to work, 70 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Floyd on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.11 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.
Where Floyd goes to work
Where Floyd clocks in
16% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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 Floyd, 46% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
182 jobs are based in Floyd.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Floyd, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 182. 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 Floyd’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Floyd
About 20% 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.
Floyd is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,685 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). 5.0% of Floyd households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Floyd’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000, Floyd ranks 1,251st of 4,318 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,249 | Burnt Mills MD | 3,751 | $113K | 8.2% | 7.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,250 | Denmark WI | 2,875 | $76K | 11.6% | 1.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,251 | Floyd NY | 3,668 | $98K | 13.0% | 1.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,252 | Ohioville PA | 3,317 | $81K | 6.5% | 2.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,253 | Montgomery GA | 4,976 | $91K | 12.0% | 2.6% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | 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 Floyd, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Floyd and its neighbors: 30% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Floyd workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd | – | B+ | D− | 19 min | $98,297 |
| Rome | 16% | C− | A | 18 min | $59,925 |
| Trenton | 5% | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $88,807 |
| Steuben | under 3% | C− | D− | 28 min | $66,181 |
| Marcy | 2% | A− | B | 22 min | $92,775 |
| Whitestown | 7% | B+ | B | 17 min | $80,168 |
| Western | under 3% | B− | D | 25 min | $88,964 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rome. Darker towns draw more of Floyd’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 Floyd: questions
What is the median household income in Floyd?
$98,297 (±$4,320) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Floyd?
13.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Floyd?
19 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 Floyd work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rome (16%, 8 mi), Utica (13%, 11 mi), New Hartford (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Floyd walkable?
Floyd is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Floyd without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Floyd, from the people who make the trip.
More of Floyd
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.