Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Hankins has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Hankins itself; outside it, Delaware draws the most (21%, 6 miles). Employers in Hankins report 15 jobs, and 48 of its residents work somewhere. A typical one-way commute from Hankins lasts 22 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Hankins: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Hankins on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Where the trip to work from Hankins ends
Where Hankins clocks in
15% of workers
13% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 53% of the jobs in Hankins
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hankins, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 15. 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 Hankins’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Hankins: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hankins workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 commuters (the 12% 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.
The distance from Hankins to work
About 40% 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.
Around Hankins: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hankins workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hankins | – | — | — | 22 min | $49,318 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hankins’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 Hankins: questions
What is the median household income in Hankins?
$49,318 (±$35,313) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hankins?
16.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hankins?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hankins work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Delaware (21%, 6 mi), New York City (15%, 100 mi), Thompson (13%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hankins without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hankins, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hankins
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.