Remington Stables · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0German Flatts has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The two grades for German Flatts are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. 2,349 jobs are based in German Flatts, against 5,326 working residents. About one in seven work in German Flatts; the top destination outside it is Utica (14%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in German Flatts: the gist
Commutes from German Flatts are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in German Flatts than ten years ago
Jobs counted in German Flatts fell from 3,161 in 2013 to 2,349 in 2023, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
Income, poverty and work: German Flatts’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, German Flatts is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #386 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds German Flatts’ grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, German Flatts could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Time on the road from German Flatts: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of German Flatts workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,160 commuters (the 9% 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.
What German Flatts’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in German Flatts, 2013 → 2023: 3,161 → 2,349. 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 German Flatts’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of German Flatts, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,581 residents head out to work, 745 work right here, and 1,604 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,000 people are in German Flatts on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where German Flatts goes to work
Where German Flatts clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
Half of German Flatts commutes less than 14 miles
About 25% 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 German Flatts, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, German Flatts is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #417 of 758 in New York. 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 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,653 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). 9.9% of German Flatts households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of German Flatts’ commuters take a bus or train.
1,538th of 2,695: where German Flatts ranks among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Hastings-on-Hudson NY | 8,440 | $194K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,536 | Wellington CO | 12,169 | $107K | 8.8% | 6.5% | 6% | B− |
| 1,537 | Snohomish WA | 10,719 | $87K | 6.7% | 10.6% | 9% | B− |
| 1,538 | German Flatts NY | 11,969 | $68K | 13.7% | 2.0% | 14% | B− |
| 1,539 | Lake Township OH | 11,357 | $72K | 11.2% | 4.5% | 7% | B− |
| 1,540 | Coventry Township OH | 10,264 | $74K | 9.9% | 5.7% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 German Flatts, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
15% of German Flatts works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Herkimer (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | German Flatts workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Flatts | – | B− | B | 21 min | $67,791 |
| Herkimer | 11% | C− | A− | 22 min | $56,287 |
| Ilion | under 3% | B− | B+ | 20 min | $62,843 |
| Columbia | under 3% | B− | C | 34 min | $90,795 |
| Herkimer | under 3% | C− | A | 20 min | $48,529 |
| Little Falls | under 3% | C+ | B | 26 min | $71,875 |
| Frankfort | 4% | B | C+ | 28 min | $62,861 |
| Mohawk | under 3% | B | A− | 23 min | $72,813 |
| Warren | under 3% | C− | C | 28 min | $72,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of German Flatts’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 German Flatts: questions
What is the median household income in German Flatts?
$67,791 (±$9,006) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in German Flatts?
13.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from German Flatts?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in German Flatts work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (14%, 15 mi), Herkimer (11%, 6 mi), New Hartford (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is German Flatts walkable?
German Flatts is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around German Flatts without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from German Flatts, from the people who make the trip.
More of German Flatts
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.