Logan Methodist Church · Photo: Dmadeo · CC BY-SA 3.0Hector has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Hector is better than 34% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). Hector has 634 jobs, against 1,897 working residents. About one in ten work in Hector; the top destination outside it is Ithaca (15%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hector, in a few figures
Hector makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Hector are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hector residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Hector has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hector went from 398 in 2013 to 634 in 2023, +59%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Hector 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Hector’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Hector’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hector could be anywhere from D to B+.
Goods, not services: 65% of the jobs in Hector
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hector, 2013 → 2023: 398 → 634. 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 Hector’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Hector
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hector workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,131 commuters (the 14% 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.
Hector by day and by night
On a workday 1,716 residents head out to work, 181 work right here, and 453 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Hector 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Hector to work: where people go
Where Hector clocks in
15% of workers
11% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hector
About 17% 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 Hector, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,466 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). 0.6% of Hector households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hector’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hector places 2,648th of 3,867 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,646 | Boyne City MI | 3,793 | $65K | 7.8% | 5.0% | 22% | C |
| 2,647 | Exeter PA | 5,587 | $58K | 11.1% | 6.1% | 7% | C |
| 2,648 | Hector NY | 4,733 | $80K | 15.6% | 3.6% | 10% | C |
| 2,649 | Eagar AZ | 4,459 | $83K | 14.9% | 3.2% | 12% | C |
| 2,650 | Silverthorne CO | 5,418 | $125K | 12.1% | 8.6% | 13% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hector, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
20% of Hector works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Dix (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hector workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector | – | C | D | 27 min | $79,904 |
| Reading | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $86,131 |
| Watkins Glen | under 3% | C− | A | 19 min | $49,632 |
| Dix | 10% | D | A− | 20 min | $53,668 |
| Catharine | under 3% | D | D | 25 min | $58,500 |
| Lodi | under 3% | C | C+ | 26 min | $78,489 |
| Enfield | under 3% | B | C+ | 31 min | $94,750 |
| Starkey | under 3% | D | B | 26 min | $55,064 |
| Montour | 3% | D | B+ | 18 min | $64,417 |
| Ulysses | 7% | C | B− | 26 min | $71,400 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hector’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 Hector: questions
What is the median household income in Hector?
$79,904 (±$19,062) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hector?
15.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hector?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hector work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ithaca (15%, 13 mi), Ithaca (11%, 14 mi), Dix (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hector walkable?
Hector is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hector without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hector, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hector
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.