Most of Hannibal commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
3% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%). Employers in Hannibal report 561 jobs, and 1,784 of its residents work somewhere. Hannibal grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hannibal at work: what stands out
Few Hannibal workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Hannibal are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Hannibal
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hannibal is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #589 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Hannibal’s grade up ($74,148, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hannibal could be anywhere from D to B.
The trip to work from Hannibal: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hannibal workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,839 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who works in Hannibal, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,625 residents head out to work, 159 work right here, and 402 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Hannibal 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 2024, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Oswego
Where Hannibal clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
What Hannibal’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hannibal, 2014 → 2024: 620 → 561. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hannibal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Hannibal to work
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Hannibal start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hannibal is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #670 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,888 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). 3.9% of Hannibal households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hannibal’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100, Hannibal ranks 2,826th of 3,862 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,824 | Dannemora NY | 3,291 | $78K | 12.0% | 6.5% | 8% | C |
| 2,825 | Moab UT | 5,206 | $62K | 15.9% | 2.9% | 58% | C |
| 2,826 | Hannibal NY | 4,510 | $74K | 16.0% | 5.2% | 9% | C |
| 2,827 | Pownal VT | 3,219 | $64K | 8.6% | 5.2% | 7% | C |
| 2,828 | Crystal Lake FL | 5,451 | $49K | 26.3% | 4.1% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Hannibal, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Hannibal
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hannibal workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannibal | – | C | C− | 27 min | $74,148 |
| Granby | under 3% | B− | B− | 31 min | $79,338 |
| Sterling | under 3% | C | B− | 27 min | $59,750 |
| Ira | under 3% | A− | B− | 30 min | $97,019 |
| Oswego | under 3% | C− | A | 19 min | $78,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hannibal’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 2024, 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 Hannibal: questions
What is the median household income in Hannibal?
$74,148 (±$18,709) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hannibal?
16.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hannibal?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hannibal work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oswego (11%, 10 mi), Syracuse (9%, 28 mi), Fulton (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hannibal walkable?
Hannibal is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hannibal without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hannibal, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hannibal
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.