With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Grove works elsewhere
100 jobs are based in Grove; 186 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in Grove itself; outside it, Burns draws the most (8%, 7 miles). For 5% of workers, the job is at home; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Grove, and who commutes in
On a workday 178 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Grove 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.
The places Grove commutes to
Where Grove clocks in
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Grove
100 jobs are based in Grove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grove, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 100. 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 Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Grove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grove workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 252 commuters (the 5% 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 miles Grove commutes
About 18% 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.
12% of Grove works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove | – | — | — | 35 min | $55,000 |
| Nunda | 4% | C− | A | 32 min | $64,688 |
| Birdsall | under 4% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Granger | under 4% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Burns | 8% | C− | B | 27 min | $64,491 |
| Ossian | under 4% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Birdsall, Granger and Ossian: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Burns. Darker towns draw more of Grove’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 Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Grove?
$55,000 (±$10,644) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grove?
13.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grove?
35 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grove work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burns (8%, 7 mi), Hornellsville (7%, 16 mi), Hornell (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grove
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.