Gerry’s household incomes are lower than in 60% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 6% of workers, against 15% across New York. 9.0% of residents are in poverty, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. For jobs and income Gerry is better than 35% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Gerry, in brief
Gerry and Jamestown trade workers both ways
Jamestown is the top workplace for Gerry residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Gerry come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Gerry are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 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 706 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Gerry’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Gerry’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Gerry’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, Gerry could be anywhere from C− to B.
18% of working residents work in Jamestown
Where Gerry clocks in
18% of workers
17% 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.
About 27 minutes to work from Gerry
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gerry workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 594 commuters (the 6% 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 leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 661 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 583 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 (0.89 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
628 jobs are based in Gerry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gerry, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 628. 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 Gerry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Gerry
About 20% 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.
Few in Gerry walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 633 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). 6.5% of Gerry households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gerry’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,066th of 5,760: where Gerry ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,064 | Rome Township IL | 1,624 | $62K | 8.1% | 4.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 3,065 | Seville Township MI | 2,104 | $76K | 10.1% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,066 | Gerry NY | 1,718 | $69K | 9.0% | 1.2% | 6% | C+ |
| 3,067 | Molino FL | 1,447 | $75K | 8.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 3,068 | Biggs CA | 1,927 | $85K | 7.4% | 11.1% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Gerry, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Gerry and its neighbors: 25% work next door
The biggest share goes to Ellicott (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gerry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry | – | C+ | C | 27 min | $68,667 |
| Charlotte | under 3% | C− | C | 30 min | $61,082 |
| Ellicott | 17% | B− | C+ | 16 min | $60,880 |
| Ellington | under 3% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $65,000 |
| Ellery | 8% | C+ | B− | 23 min | $86,833 |
| Sinclairville | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Poland | under 3% | C+ | C | 21 min | $70,332 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sinclairville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gerry’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 Gerry: questions
What is the median household income in Gerry?
$68,667 (±$11,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gerry?
9.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gerry?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gerry work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (18%, 9 mi), Ellicott (17%, 6 mi), Ellery (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gerry walkable?
Gerry is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gerry 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 Gerry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gerry
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.