Photo: Bill Blevins from Fairport, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0Unemployment in Honeoye Falls (11.0%) is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 11.9 in Rochester. For jobs and income Honeoye Falls is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (A−). Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Honeoye Falls: the gist
Commutes from Honeoye Falls are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Honeoye Falls
24% of Honeoye Falls workers work from home, against 15% across New York. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Honeoye Falls
Job access by car holds Honeoye Falls’ grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Honeoye Falls could be anywhere from C to A.
Commuting from Honeoye Falls: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Honeoye Falls workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 904 commuters (the 24% 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 leaves Honeoye Falls for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,144 residents head out to work, 171 work right here, and 1,536 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Honeoye Falls on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
21% of working residents work in Rochester
Where Honeoye Falls clocks in
21% of workers
17% of workers
10% 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, not services: 33% of the jobs in Honeoye Falls
1,707 jobs are based in Honeoye Falls.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Honeoye Falls, 2013 → 2023: 1,640 → 1,707. 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 Honeoye Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Honeoye Falls commutes
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.
Honeoye Falls is easy on foot, hard by bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,184 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 10.0% of Honeoye Falls households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Honeoye Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
Honeoye Falls places 2,444th of 4,703 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 11 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,442 | Ellsworth KS | 3,092 | $67K | 10.0% | 1.6% | 40% | B− |
| 2,443 | New York Mills NY | 3,162 | $58K | 34.4% | 1.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,444 | Honeoye Falls NY | 2,841 | $82K | 10.3% | 11.0% | 13% | B− |
| 2,445 | Mason TX | 2,171 | $75K | 4.0% | 6.1% | 41% | B− |
| 2,446 | Provincetown MA | 3,729 | $137K | 6.2% | 7.2% | 48% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Honeoye Falls, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Around Honeoye Falls: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Honeoye Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honeoye Falls | – | B− | A− | 21 min | $82,162 |
| Lima | under 3% | B+ | A | 22 min | $87,130 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Honeoye Falls’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 Honeoye Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Honeoye Falls?
$82,162 (±$14,361) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Honeoye Falls?
10.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Honeoye Falls?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Honeoye Falls work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (21%, 15 mi), Mendon (17%, 3 mi), Henrietta (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Honeoye Falls walkable?
Honeoye Falls is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 14.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Honeoye Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Honeoye Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Honeoye Falls
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.