Heintzelman Library · Photo: Ɱ (Taken by Arnold Feist, original file transferred to User:Ɱ) · CC0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Horicon works elsewhere
Only 7% work in Horicon itself; outside it, Queensbury draws the most (8%, 24 miles). Employers in Horicon report 189 jobs, and 548 of its residents work somewhere. Horicon grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Horicon apart
Commutes from Horicon are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Horicon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Horicon is Queensbury, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (46) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 548 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Horicon’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Horicon is better than 41% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Horicon’s grade up (6.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: Horicon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Horicon could be anywhere from D to B.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Horicon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Horicon workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 667 commuters (the 10% 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.
Half of Horicon commutes less than 25 miles
About 31% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Horicon
On a workday 510 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Horicon on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
The places Horicon commutes to
Where Horicon clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Horicon works in goods: 32% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Horicon, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 189. 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 Horicon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Horicon start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Horicon is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 744 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). 1.6% of Horicon households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Horicon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Horicon is 2,831st of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,829 | Pine Township PA | 1,837 | $69K | 7.7% | 9.7% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,830 | Steuben ME | 1,181 | $76K | 5.4% | 4.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,831 | Horicon NY | 1,457 | $81K | 6.6% | 6.4% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,832 | Anthony Township PA | 1,472 | $82K | 12.7% | 4.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,833 | Mount Morris WI | 1,132 | $73K | 7.3% | 4.5% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Horicon, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 19% of Horicon’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Horicon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horicon | – | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $80,750 |
| Chester | 8% | B− | C+ | 24 min | $84,623 |
| Pottersville | under 4% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Warrensburg | 3% | C | C+ | 21 min | $60,907 |
| Bolton | under 4% | C+ | B | 25 min | $102,898 |
| Schroon | under 4% | C | B+ | 17 min | $69,955 |
| Hague | 8% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pottersville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Hague: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Chester. Darker towns draw more of Horicon’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 Horicon: questions
What is the median household income in Horicon?
$80,750 (±$27,055) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Horicon?
6.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Horicon?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Horicon work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Queensbury (8%, 24 mi), Chester (8%, 9 mi), Hague (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Horicon walkable?
Horicon is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Horicon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Horicon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Horicon
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.