District #10 Schoolhouse · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainHartland has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hartland grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. 229 jobs are based in Hartland, and 1,746 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 4% of workers, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Hartland
Hartland is a place people come home to
There are 229 jobs based in Hartland, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hartland has about 2,300 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Hartland workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Jobs & income in Hartland: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hartland is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #263 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Hartland’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hartland could be anywhere from B− to A−.
How a workday changes Hartland
On a workday 1,669 residents head out to work, 77 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Hartland on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
About 34 minutes each way, about the NY average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hartland workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,942 commuters (the 4% 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.
9% of working residents work in Amherst
Where Hartland clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 36% of work in Hartland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hartland, 2014 → 2024: 195 → 229. 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 Hartland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Hartland, by distance
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 of Hartland commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hartland is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #622 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,021 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). 4.2% of Hartland households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hartland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,100, Hartland ranks 1,282nd of 4,153 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Pound Ridge NY | 5,057 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,280 | Smith Township OH | 4,032 | $69K | 8.9% | 1.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,281 | Lockeford CA | 3,838 | $100K | 6.1% | 4.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,282 | Hartland NY | 3,803 | $92K | 6.3% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,283 | Mahoning Township PA | 4,390 | $72K | 7.3% | 2.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,284 | Bradford VT | 2,834 | $108K | 2.8% | 3.5% | 21% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | 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 Hartland, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 23% of Hartland
The biggest share goes to Royalton (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hartland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland | – | B+ | C | 34 min | $91,901 |
| Royalton | 8% | B | C+ | 33 min | $92,373 |
| Newfane | 4% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $75,484 |
| Somerset | under 3% | C | C− | 32 min | $69,167 |
| Ridgeway | 3% | C+ | B+ | 25 min | $69,516 |
| Lockport | 8% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lockport: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hartland’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 Hartland: questions
What is the median household income in Hartland?
$91,901 (±$8,219) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hartland?
6.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hartland?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hartland work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amherst (9%, 20 mi), Lockport (8%, 9 mi), Lockport (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hartland walkable?
Hartland is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hartland 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 Hartland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hartland
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.