West Fulton Methodist Church · Photo: Anita E Anderson · CC BY-SA 3.0Fulton has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Fulton has 48 jobs, and 464 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Fulton are C for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 4% stay in Fulton for work; outside it, Stamford is the main destination (8%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fulton, in a few figures
The figures behind Fulton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Fulton is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Fulton’s grade up ($76,429, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Fulton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fulton could be anywhere from D to B−.
Fulton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 447 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Fulton 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Fulton ends
Where Fulton clocks in
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.
Goods jobs make up 63% of work in Fulton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fulton, 2014 → 2024: 136 → 48. 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 Fulton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Fulton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fulton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 437 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Fulton
About 28% 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.
Getting around Fulton: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fulton is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 501 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). 4.8% of Fulton households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fulton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Fulton is 2,533rd among 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,531 | Shullsburg WI | 1,240 | $64K | 11.7% | 4.6% | 11% | C |
| 2,532 | Fremont Township MI | 1,511 | $75K | 13.2% | 4.3% | 5% | C |
| 2,533 | Fulton NY | 1,205 | $76K | 10.0% | 0.8% | 4% | C |
| 2,534 | Cass Township OH | 1,212 | $60K | 14.4% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,535 | Fitchville Township OH | 1,000 | $76K | 19.1% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Fulton, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Fulton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fulton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton | – | C | C | 29 min | $76,429 |
| Middleburgh | 4% | C− | C+ | 28 min | $53,374 |
| Broome | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Summit | under 3% | B− | C+ | 34 min | $74,375 |
| Blenheim | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Richmondville | under 3% | C− | C+ | 29 min | $51,046 |
| Gilboa | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $87,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Broome and Blenheim: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Middleburgh. Darker towns draw more of Fulton’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 Fulton: questions
What is the median household income in Fulton?
$76,429 (±$16,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fulton?
10.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fulton?
29 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 Fulton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stamford (8%, 20 mi), New York City (7%, 136 mi), Cobleskill (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fulton walkable?
Fulton is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fulton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fulton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fulton
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.