Photo: Tyler A. McNeil · CC BY-SA 4.0Gilboa has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
There are 212 jobs in Gilboa for 410 working residents. Jobs and income earn Gilboa C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 7% work in Gilboa itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (9%, 125 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Gilboa
Gilboa’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Gilboa is New York City, 125 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (35) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Gilboa are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker, and quicker than any town next door (29 to 42 minutes). 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 410 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Gilboa
On income, poverty and job access, Gilboa is better than 45% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Gilboa’s grade up (6.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Gilboa’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, Gilboa could be anywhere from C to B.
How far it is to work from Gilboa
About 31% 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.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gilboa workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 381 commuters (the 10% 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.
How a workday changes Gilboa
On a workday 383 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Gilboa on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 Gilboa goes to work
Where Gilboa clocks in
9% 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.
83% of the jobs in Gilboa pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gilboa, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 212. 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 Gilboa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Gilboa is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gilboa is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 2.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 422 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). 9.5% of Gilboa households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Gilboa’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Gilboa is 1,684th of 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% | 1% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,682 | Grant Township MI | 1,239 | $81K | 7.6% | 5.2% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,683 | Star Township MI | 1,086 | $86K | 6.1% | 0.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,684 | Gilboa NY | 1,169 | $88K | 6.4% | 4.3% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,685 | Orange Township OH | 1,132 | $80K | 8.8% | 7.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,686 | La Huerta NM | 1,288 | $79K | 8.9% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Gilboa, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Gilboa
The biggest share goes to Conesville (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gilboa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilboa | – | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $87,750 |
| Broome | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Blenheim | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Conesville | 6% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Fulton | under 3% | C | C | 29 min | $76,429 |
Same-state neighbors only. Broome, Blenheim and Conesville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gilboa’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 Gilboa: questions
What is the median household income in Gilboa?
$87,750 (±$7,306) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gilboa?
6.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gilboa?
25 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 Gilboa work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (9%, 125 mi), Conesville (6%, 7 mi), Durham (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gilboa walkable?
Gilboa is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 2.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gilboa without a car?
2% 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 Gilboa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gilboa
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.