Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Halcott works elsewhere
16 jobs are based in Halcott; 84 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Halcott itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (14%, 111 miles). The average commute, 33 minutes each way, matches the New York norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Halcott on a workday
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Halcott on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Commuting out of Halcott: the destinations
Where Halcott clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
11% 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.
In Halcott, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Halcott, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 16. 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 Halcott’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes to work from Halcott
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Halcott workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 105 commuters (the 10% 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.
Miles to work from Halcott
About 38% 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.
Halcott and its neighbors: 11% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Halcott workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halcott | – | — | — | 33 min | $65,000 |
| Lexington | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Roxbury | under 3% | C | B | 23 min | $58,042 |
| Middletown | 11% | B− | C+ | 30 min | $78,021 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lexington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Middletown. Darker towns draw more of Halcott’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 Halcott: questions
What is the median household income in Halcott?
$65,000 (±$27,467) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Halcott?
20.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Halcott?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Halcott work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (14%, 111 mi), Hunter (13%, 17 mi), Middletown (11%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Halcott without a car?
4% 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 Halcott, from the people who make the trip.
More of Halcott
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.