Earning a living in Greenwich
Only 7% work in Greenwich; the top destination outside it is Greenwich (12%, 4 miles). Jobs and income earn Greenwich C+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Greenwich at work: what stands out
Income, poverty and work: Greenwich’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Greenwich is better than 39% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Greenwich’s grade up (9.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Greenwich’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, Greenwich could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Time on the road from Greenwich: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenwich workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 725 commuters (the 15% 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 many people are in Greenwich by day
On a workday 675 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 520 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 (0.79 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.
Where Greenwich’s working residents head each day
Where Greenwich 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.
Jobs in Greenwich: what the 570 are
570 jobs are based in Greenwich.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenwich, 2013 → 2023: 672 → 570. 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 Greenwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Greenwich
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.
The commute in Greenwich is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenwich is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Greenwich near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 855 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). 7.1% of Greenwich households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenwich’s commuters take a bus or train.
Greenwich next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200: 2,623rd of 5,381 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,621 | Sand Prairie Township IL | 1,248 | $68K | 11.2% | 0.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,622 | Plainville KS | 1,657 | $59K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 25% | C+ |
| 2,623 | Greenwich NY | 1,662 | $71K | 9.1% | 3.4% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,624 | Black River NY | 1,208 | $87K | 11.8% | 19.8% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,625 | Millbrook NY | 1,442 | $74K | 12.6% | 2.7% | 12% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | 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 Greenwich, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Greenwich: questions
What is the median household income in Greenwich?
$71,111 (±$14,634) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenwich?
9.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenwich?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenwich work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenwich (12%, 4 mi), Saratoga Springs (9%, 14 mi), Easton (9%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenwich walkable?
Greenwich is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenwich without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenwich, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenwich
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.