Otter Lake Community Church · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Forestport commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Forestport B−; getting around on foot earns it D. Forestport has 111 jobs, and 638 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in Forestport itself; outside it, Utica draws the most (12%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Forestport, in brief
Forestport is a place people come home to
There are 111 jobs based in Forestport, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Forestport has about 960 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Forestport’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Forestport is Utica, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (74) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 638 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Forestport’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Forestport is better than 47% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Forestport’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.7%) is left out: Forestport’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, Forestport could be anywhere from C to B.
How a workday changes Forestport
On a workday 585 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Forestport on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
How far it is to work from Forestport
About 33% 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.
The towns that employ Forestport’s residents
Where Forestport clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Forestport: what the 111 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Forestport, 2013 → 2023: 274 → 111. 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 Forestport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Forestport spends getting to work: 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 Forestport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 604 commuters (the 15% 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.
Driving is how Forestport gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 711 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). 3.5% of Forestport households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Forestport’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Forestport ranks: 2,421st of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,419 | Florence Township IL | 1,134 | $91K | 11.8% | 17.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,420 | Tippecanoe Township IN | 1,295 | $61K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,421 | Forestport NY | 1,488 | $73K | 4.7% | 0.7% | 8% | B− |
| 2,422 | East Mead Township PA | 1,281 | $86K | 9.8% | 2.1% | 4% | B− |
| 2,423 | Parklawn CA | 1,478 | $61K | 12.7% | 6.5% | 0% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Forestport, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
14% of Forestport works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Boonville (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Forestport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forestport | – | B− | D | 31 min | $72,813 |
| Remsen | under 4% | C | D | 32 min | $71,438 |
| Boonville | 7% | C | C+ | 29 min | $68,253 |
| Ohio | under 4% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Lyonsdale | under 4% | C− | C | 24 min | $61,806 |
| Webb | 7% | B+ | C | 30 min | $107,641 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ohio: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Forestport’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 Forestport: questions
What is the median household income in Forestport?
$72,813 (±$16,821) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Forestport?
4.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Forestport?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Forestport work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (12%, 28 mi), Webb (7%, 23 mi), New Hartford (7%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Forestport walkable?
Forestport is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Forestport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Forestport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Forestport
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.