Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 4.0Earning a living in Hancock
For 8% of workers, the job is at home, against 15% across New York. About one in five work in Hancock itself; outside it, Hancock draws the most (27%, 5 miles). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; the New York average is 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hancock: the figures worth knowing
Hancock and Hancock trade workers both ways
Hancock is the top workplace for Hancock residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Hancock come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Hancock are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 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 291 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the people who work in Hancock live
Where Hancock clocks in
27% 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.
Miles to work from Hancock
About 36% 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.
About 25 minutes to work from Hancock
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hancock workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 271 commuters (the 8% 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 a workday changes Hancock
On a workday 234 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 441 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Hancock on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
What Hancock’s employers do
498 jobs are based in Hancock.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hancock, 2013 → 2023: 429 → 498. 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 Hancock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Next door to Hancock
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hancock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock | – | — | — | 25 min | $51,765 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hancock’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 Hancock: questions
What is the median household income in Hancock?
$51,765 (±$8,650) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hancock?
16.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hancock?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hancock work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hancock (27%, 5 mi), New York City (7%, 113 mi), Deposit (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hancock without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hancock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hancock
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.