Photo: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 3.0Henrietta draws 42,806 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 11.9 in Rochester. 47,211 jobs are based in Henrietta, against 19,228 working residents. For jobs and income Henrietta is better than 64% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Henrietta stands out on work
Commutes from Henrietta 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 ↓
Henrietta is where the jobs are
Henrietta has 47,211 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 77,000 people are in town, 57% more than the 49,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Henrietta residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Henrietta and Rochester trade workers both ways
Rochester is the top workplace for Henrietta residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Henrietta come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Inside Henrietta’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Henrietta’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Henrietta could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The trip to work from Henrietta: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henrietta workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20,761 commuters (the 15% 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.
How a workday changes Henrietta
On a workday 14,823 residents head out to work and 4,405 work right here.
About 77,000 people are in Henrietta on a workday afternoon, 57% more 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.
How many miles Henrietta commutes
About 15% 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.
Commuting in to Henrietta: where workers come from
Where Henrietta clocks in
26% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Henrietta
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henrietta, 2013 → 2023: 44,935 → 47,211. 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 Henrietta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Henrietta
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 24,414 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 51% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 5.2% of Henrietta households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Henrietta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Henrietta is 502nd among 927 U.S. towns of 34,000 to 66,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Eastchester NY | 34,015 | $156K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Clifton Park NY | 37,775 | $133K | 2.3% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Valley Stream NY | 40,379 | $133K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 500 | Clermont FL | 52,812 | $82K | 5.4% | 5.7% | 11% | B |
| 501 | Kendale Lakes FL | 52,622 | $72K | 10.3% | 4.0% | 4% | B |
| 502 | Henrietta NY | 48,832 | $86K | 12.5% | 4.1% | 23% | B |
| 503 | La Habra CA | 60,908 | $100K | 10.9% | 7.1% | 6% | B |
| 504 | Novato CA | 51,947 | $116K | 9.6% | 5.9% | 16% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 927 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Henrietta, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Henrietta
The biggest share goes to Brighton (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Henrietta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henrietta | – | B | A | 18 min | $85,943 |
| Chili | under 2% | A− | B | 21 min | $89,793 |
| Wheatland | under 2% | B | C− | 24 min | $82,538 |
| Pittsford | 3% | A+ | A | 19 min | $145,581 |
| Brighton | 5% | B+ | A | 17 min | $85,467 |
| Rush | under 2% | A+ | C− | 21 min | $122,519 |
| Mendon | under 2% | A− | B− | 27 min | $131,778 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Henrietta’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 Henrietta: questions
What is the median household income in Henrietta?
$85,943 (±$5,413) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henrietta?
12.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henrietta?
18 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henrietta work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (26%, 8 mi), Brighton (5%, 5 mi), Greece (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Henrietta walkable?
Henrietta is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henrietta without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Henrietta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henrietta
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.