Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fort Covington’s household incomes are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Fort Covington D; getting around on foot earns it C+. 19.5% of residents are in poverty, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. About one in seven work in Fort Covington itself; outside it, Malone draws the most (28%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fort Covington, in brief
Commutes from Fort Covington are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker, and quicker than any town next door (21 to 26 minutes). Time on the road ↓
28% of Fort Covington works in Malone
152 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Malone, 16 miles away. That’s more than work in Fort Covington itself. The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Fort Covington pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Fort Covington pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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; with 546 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Fort Covington’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Fort Covington is better than 6% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Fort Covington’s grade up ($57,361, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Fort Covington’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, Fort Covington could be anywhere from D− to C.
Commuting from Fort Covington: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fort Covington workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 570 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where Fort Covington goes to work
Where Fort Covington clocks in
28% of workers
13% 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.
Most jobs in Fort Covington are in services
482 jobs are based in Fort Covington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Covington, 2013 → 2023: 471 → 482. 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 Fort Covington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fort Covington on a workday afternoon
On a workday 465 residents head out to work, 81 work right here, and 401 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
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 Fort Covington’s workers travel
About 23% 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.
For most of Fort Covington, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fort Covington is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 620 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). 11.9% of Fort Covington households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Fort Covington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Fort Covington is 4,803rd among 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,801 | Grant Township MI | 1,536 | $56K | 17.2% | 11.8% | 1% | D |
| 4,802 | Roubidoux Township MO | 1,797 | $64K | 22.6% | 3.3% | 4% | D |
| 4,803 | Fort Covington NY | 1,518 | $57K | 19.5% | 0.8% | 15% | D |
| 4,804 | First Mesa AZ | 1,459 | $58K | 17.3% | 6.6% | 5% | D |
| 4,805 | Ohkay Owingeh NM | 1,194 | $47K | 23.6% | 2.6% | 10% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | 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 Fort Covington, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
15% of Fort Covington works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Akwesasne (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fort Covington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Covington | – | D | C+ | 18 min | $57,361 |
| Westville | under 2% | D | C+ | 23 min | $56,528 |
| Bombay | 2% | D− | C | 26 min | $29,805 |
| Bangor | under 2% | D | B− | 21 min | $65,000 |
| Akwesasne | 13% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Akwesasne: 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 Fort Covington’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 Fort Covington: questions
What is the median household income in Fort Covington?
$57,361 (±$19,199) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fort Covington?
19.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fort Covington?
18 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fort Covington work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Malone (28%, 16 mi), Akwesasne (13%, 9 mi), Massena (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fort Covington walkable?
Fort Covington is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fort Covington without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fort Covington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Covington
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.