East Genoa Methodist Episcopal Church · Photo: Doncram · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Genoa commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten stay in Genoa for work; outside it, Lansing is the main destination (8%, 6 miles). There are 366 jobs in Genoa for 769 working residents. Genoa grades B for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Genoa: the gist
Genoa makes and builds things
70% of the jobs based in Genoa are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Genoa residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Genoa are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
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 769 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Genoa’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Genoa is better than 58% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Genoa’s grade up ($92,833, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Genoa’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, Genoa could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
70% of the jobs in Genoa make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Genoa, 2013 → 2023: 340 → 366. 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 Genoa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Genoa workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 756 commuters (the 11% 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.
Who commutes out of Genoa, and who commutes in
On a workday 692 residents head out to work, 77 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Genoa on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The towns that employ Genoa’s residents
Where Genoa clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Genoa
About 17% 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.
In Genoa, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Genoa is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 845 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). 10.0% of Genoa households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Genoa’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,846th of 6,085: where Genoa ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,844 | Bogard Township IN | 1,588 | $77K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 8% | B |
| 1,845 | Springvale Township MI | 2,122 | $102K | 3.2% | 4.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,846 | Genoa NY | 1,782 | $93K | 6.6% | 1.2% | 10% | B |
| 1,847 | Berlin NY | 1,695 | $80K | 6.6% | 2.2% | 14% | B |
| 1,848 | Brookfield VT | 1,276 | $99K | 6.3% | 0.0% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Genoa, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 22% of Genoa
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Genoa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa | – | B | C | 23 min | $92,833 |
| Lansing | 8% | C+ | B+ | 20 min | $86,342 |
| Venice | 8% | C+ | B | 21 min | $92,000 |
| Locke | under 3% | C− | D− | 23 min | $69,125 |
| Ledyard | 6% | C | B+ | 20 min | $86,731 |
| Ovid | under 3% | D | B− | 31 min | $63,594 |
| Covert | under 3% | C+ | C | 23 min | $75,688 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lansing. Darker towns draw more of Genoa’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 Genoa: questions
What is the median household income in Genoa?
$92,833 (±$11,223) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Genoa?
6.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Genoa?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Genoa work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (8%, 6 mi), Venice (8%, 5 mi), Ithaca (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Genoa walkable?
Genoa is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Genoa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Genoa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Genoa
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.