Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Hadley (9.0%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Hadley itself; outside it, Queensbury draws the most (11%, 12 miles). Hadley grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. For 24% of workers, the job is at home, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hadley and work: the main findings
Hadley is a place people come home to
There are 109 jobs based in Hadley, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hadley has about 1,200 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Hadley
24% of Hadley workers work from home, against 15% across New York. 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 862 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hadley
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hadley is better than 20% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Hadley’s grade up ($73,750, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hadley could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Who leaves Hadley for work, and who comes in
On a workday 828 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Hadley on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Hadley: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hadley workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 725 commuters (the 24% 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.
Where people from Hadley work
Where Hadley clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
Jobs in Hadley: what the 109 are
109 jobs are based in Hadley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hadley, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 109. 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 Hadley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Hadley commutes
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 Hadley is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hadley is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 956 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Hadley households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hadley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hadley is 3,795th among 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,793 | Lyford TX | 2,210 | $56K | 20.8% | 7.3% | 11% | C− |
| 3,794 | Winnebago Township NE | 1,999 | $66K | 16.5% | 11.5% | 52% | C− |
| 3,795 | Hadley NY | 1,960 | $74K | 11.5% | 9.0% | 4% | C− |
| 3,796 | Jackson Township OH | 2,420 | $55K | 14.9% | 5.4% | 6% | C− |
| 3,797 | Hermann MO | 2,221 | $62K | 13.5% | 5.2% | 39% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Hadley, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to Hadley
The biggest share goes to Lake Luzerne (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hadley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley | – | C− | C+ | 31 min | $73,750 |
| Lake Luzerne | 6% | C | D− | 26 min | $46,633 |
| Day | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Corinth | under 3% | C | B− | 25 min | $83,223 |
| Stony Creek | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Day and Stony Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hadley’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 Hadley: questions
What is the median household income in Hadley?
$73,750 (±$32,452) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hadley?
11.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hadley?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hadley work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Queensbury (11%, 12 mi), Saratoga Springs (11%, 20 mi), Glens Falls (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hadley walkable?
Hadley is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hadley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hadley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hadley
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.