Fowler has lower household incomes than 88% of U.S. towns
16.2% of residents are in poverty, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. Jobs and income earn Fowler D; getting around on foot earns it D. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fowler, in a few figures
Fowler’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fowler is Canton, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (99) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Fowler 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 ↓
Fowler makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Fowler are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fowler residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. 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 717 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Fowler’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Fowler is better than 5% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Fowler’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Fowler’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, Fowler could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How many miles Fowler commutes
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.
Fowler’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fowler workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 718 commuters (the 4% 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.
36% of the jobs in Fowler make or build things
688 jobs are based in Fowler.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fowler, 2013 → 2023: 589 → 688. 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 Fowler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Fowler
On a workday 649 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 620 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 (0.96 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.
14% of working residents work in Canton
Where Fowler clocks in
14% 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.
For most of Fowler, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fowler is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 749 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). 5.8% of Fowler households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fowler’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Fowler compares with U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,986 | Crane MO | 1,509 | $37K | 34.2% | 6.5% | 8% | D |
| 4,987 | Pembroke Township IL | 1,856 | $32K | 18.0% | 10.8% | 6% | D |
| 4,988 | Fowler NY | 2,147 | $50K | 16.2% | 4.7% | 9% | D |
| 4,989 | Washington Township OH | 2,283 | $57K | 23.2% | 10.4% | 2% | D |
| 4,990 | Morris Township PA | 2,731 | $45K | 17.5% | 14.4% | 10% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Fowler, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Fowler’s workers
The biggest share goes to Gouverneur (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fowler workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler | – | D | D | 26 min | $49,875 |
| Edwards | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Gouverneur | 13% | D− | B | 24 min | $44,411 |
| Antwerp | under 2% | C | C− | 27 min | $74,274 |
| Hermon | under 2% | C | D | 31 min | $69,896 |
| Rossie | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Pitcairn | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Diana | 2% | D | C | 33 min | $58,929 |
Same-state neighbors only. Edwards: not graded. Rossie and Pitcairn: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fowler’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 Fowler: questions
What is the median household income in Fowler?
$49,875 (±$8,131) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fowler?
16.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fowler?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fowler work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (14%, 23 mi), Gouverneur (13%, 7 mi), Potsdam (7%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fowler walkable?
Fowler is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fowler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fowler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fowler
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.