Hartwick Historic District · Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0More people are out of work in Hartwick (13.4%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
For 22% of workers, the job is at home, where New York as a whole has 15%. Hartwick grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten work in Hartwick itself; outside it, Otsego draws the most (31%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Hartwick
A lot of Hartwick works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Hartwick: Otsego (31%), Milford (4%) and Middlefield (2%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Hartwick are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 115 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 880 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Hartwick’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hartwick is better than 27% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hartwick’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hartwick could be anywhere from C− to B−.
About 18 minutes each way for Hartwick’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hartwick workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 770 commuters (the 22% 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 daily commute in and out of Hartwick
On a workday 805 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 545 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Hartwick on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where Hartwick goes to work
Where Hartwick clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
Hartwick is a services town
620 jobs are based in Hartwick.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hartwick, 2013 → 2023: 521 → 620. 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 Hartwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hartwick goes to work
About 26% 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.
For most of Hartwick, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hartwick is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 990 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Hartwick households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Hartwick’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hartwick places 3,371st of 5,234 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,369 | Chassell Township MI | 1,893 | $76K | 10.0% | 1.5% | 5% | C |
| 3,370 | Downe Township NJ | 1,416 | $68K | 12.4% | 6.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,371 | Hartwick NY | 1,940 | $81K | 7.5% | 13.4% | 9% | C |
| 3,372 | Harrison Township OH | 2,153 | $68K | 12.4% | 1.4% | 5% | C |
| 3,373 | Springdale SC | 2,198 | $41K | 30.0% | 2.8% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Hartwick, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
37% of Hartwick works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hartwick workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwick | – | C | B | 18 min | $81,196 |
| Middlefield | 2% | B | B− | 19 min | $118,333 |
| Otsego | 31% | C+ | A− | 26 min | $72,891 |
| Milford | 4% | B | C+ | 23 min | $73,333 |
| New Lisbon | under 2% | C+ | C | 29 min | $84,750 |
| Burlington | under 2% | C− | D | 32 min | $66,196 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Otsego. Darker towns draw more of Hartwick’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 Hartwick: questions
What is the median household income in Hartwick?
$81,196 (±$5,547) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hartwick?
7.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hartwick?
18 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hartwick work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Otsego (31%, 8 mi), New York City (6%, 148 mi), Oneonta (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hartwick walkable?
Hartwick is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hartwick without a car?
2% 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 Hartwick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hartwick
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. 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.