Photo: Indefatigable2 · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Hope
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, next to 15% for New York as a whole. About one in seven stay in Hope for work; outside it, Lake Pleasant is the main destination (12%, 20 miles). Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Hope on a workday
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 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.
Commuting out of Hope: the destinations
Where Hope clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Hope
93 jobs are based in Hope.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hope, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 93. 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 Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Hope’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hope workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 commuters (the 7% 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.
Miles to work from Hope
About 35% 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.
Next door is work for 11% of Hope
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hope workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | – | — | — | 28 min | $72,188 |
| Benson | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Wells | 11% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Northampton | under 3% | B− | C− | 28 min | $72,065 |
Same-state neighbors only. Benson and Wells: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wells. Darker towns draw more of Hope’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 Hope: questions
What is the median household income in Hope?
$72,188 (±$12,726) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hope?
17.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hope?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hope work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Pleasant (12%, 20 mi), Wells (11%, 11 mi), Queensbury (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hope without a car?
0% 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 Hope, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hope
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.