Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Greene
The average commute takes 23 minutes each way, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26. For jobs and income Greene is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−). About one in four work in Greene itself; outside it, Binghamton draws the most (9%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Greene, in a few figures
Greene makes and builds things
77% of the jobs based in Greene are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Greene residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Greene 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 ↓
The jobs in Greene pay better than its residents’ jobs
81% of the jobs based in Greene pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 63% of the jobs Greene residents hold. 82% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Greene. 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.
What’s behind Greene’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Greene’s grade up ($73,481, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greene could be anywhere from C− to B.
Factories, building and farms: 77% of the jobs in Greene
2,869 jobs are based in Greene.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greene, 2013 → 2023: 2,373 → 2,869. 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 Greene’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Greene: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greene workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,064 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.
Greene fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,740 residents head out to work, 527 work right here, and 2,342 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,600 people are in Greene on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 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.
Out of Greene to work: where people go
Where Greene clocks in
9% 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.
How far Greene’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
Most of Greene commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,312 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). 5.4% of Greene households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greene’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Greene ranks: 2,447th of 3,758 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 22 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,445 | Clifton TX | 3,523 | $65K | 9.5% | 4.0% | 25% | C+ |
| 2,446 | Reedsport OR | 4,271 | $54K | 9.3% | 0.9% | 29% | C+ |
| 2,447 | Greene NY | 5,021 | $73K | 10.6% | 4.5% | 23% | C+ |
| 2,448 | Otsego NY | 3,621 | $73K | 6.9% | 5.6% | 40% | C+ |
| 2,449 | Camden NY | 4,655 | $62K | 7.9% | 3.4% | 25% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Greene, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Greene and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Oxford (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greene workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greene | – | C+ | B− | 23 min | $73,481 |
| Fenton | under 3% | C+ | C | 21 min | $73,162 |
| Coventry | under 3% | C− | D | 28 min | $63,281 |
| Smithville | under 3% | C− | D | 29 min | $70,433 |
| Barker | under 3% | C− | D | 27 min | $64,348 |
| Triangle | under 3% | D | B− | 29 min | $71,875 |
| Oxford | 2% | D | B− | 24 min | $61,168 |
| Colesville | under 3% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $61,317 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greene’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 Greene: questions
What is the median household income in Greene?
$73,481 (±$9,581) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greene?
10.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greene?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greene work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Binghamton (9%, 16 mi), Union (7%, 19 mi), Norwich (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greene walkable?
Greene is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greene 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 Greene, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greene
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.