Hagaman has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B−: better than 50% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 69% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 26 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Hagaman; the top destination outside it is Amsterdam (15%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hagaman
Hagaman and Amsterdam trade workers both ways
Amsterdam is the top workplace for Hagaman residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Hagaman come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Hagaman are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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 436 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Hagaman’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hagaman is better than 50% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hagaman’s grade up (6.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($63,125, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Hagaman’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, Hagaman could be anywhere from C to B+.
15% of working residents work in Amsterdam
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Hagaman clocks in
15% of workers
7% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 26 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hagaman workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 412 commuters (the 7% 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.
Hagaman quiets down on a workday
On a workday 435 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Hagaman on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
253 jobs are based in Hagaman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hagaman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hagaman, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 253. 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.
Half of Hagaman commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
Most trips from Hagaman start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hagaman is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hagaman 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 442 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). 0.6% of Hagaman households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hagaman’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hagaman is 1,270th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hagaman, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,268 | Limestone Creek FL | 1,466 | $91K | 29.6% | 2.4% | 1% | B− |
| 1,269 | McDade TX | 1,070 | $50K | 6.3% | 2.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,270 | Hagaman NY | 1,119 | $63K | 6.6% | 3.2% | <1% | B− |
| 1,271 | Humboldt Township IL | 1,187 | $86K | 9.7% | 20.1% | 2% | B− |
| 1,272 | Franklin Township OH | 1,174 | $57K | 5.5% | 2.0% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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.
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 Hagaman: questions
What is the median household income in Hagaman?
$63,125 (±$17,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hagaman?
6.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hagaman?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hagaman work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amsterdam (15%, 2 mi), Amsterdam (7%, 1 mi), Schenectady (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hagaman walkable?
Hagaman is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hagaman without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hagaman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hagaman
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.