Union Hotel · Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0Unemployment in Hounsfield (3.3%) is lower than in 65% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Hounsfield is better than 57% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C). 5% of workers work from home, where New York as a whole has 15%. About one in ten work in Hounsfield; the top destination outside it is Watertown (32%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hounsfield, in a few figures
Commutes from Hounsfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Hounsfield and Watertown trade workers both ways
Watertown is the top workplace for Hounsfield residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Hounsfield 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.
The figures behind Hounsfield’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Hounsfield’s grade up (7.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hounsfield could be anywhere from C to A−.
The trip to work from Hounsfield: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hounsfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,548 commuters (the 5% 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.
Where Hounsfield goes to work
Where Hounsfield clocks in
Lines 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.
In and out of Hounsfield on a workday
On a workday 1,040 residents head out to work, 133 work right here, and 819 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 (0.81 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.
Inside Hounsfield’s 952 jobs
952 jobs are based in Hounsfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hounsfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,239 → 952. 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 Hounsfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Hounsfield
About 23% 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.
In Hounsfield, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,624 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). 2.0% of Hounsfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hounsfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hounsfield is 1,892nd among 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,890 | Pine Lake WI | 2,733 | $84K | 8.4% | 1.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,891 | Mohnton PA | 2,939 | $81K | 9.6% | 5.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,892 | Hounsfield NY | 3,174 | $83K | 7.2% | 3.3% | 11% | B |
| 1,893 | Prairie Township OH | 3,104 | $68K | 13.5% | 0.0% | 9% | B |
| 1,894 | Hanover Township OH | 3,384 | $68K | 7.9% | 2.8% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | 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 Hounsfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 14% of Hounsfield’s workers
The biggest share goes to Watertown (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hounsfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hounsfield | – | B | C | 25 min | $82,981 |
| Henderson | under 2% | C+ | D− | 30 min | $92,400 |
| Brownville | 2% | B− | D | 25 min | $88,071 |
| Dexter | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Watertown | 10% | C | C | 24 min | $69,809 |
| Lyme | under 2% | C | D | 28 min | $81,400 |
| Brownville | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Adams | 2% | B | B+ | 23 min | $78,750 |
| Glen Park | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dexter and Glen Park: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Brownville: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hounsfield’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 Hounsfield: questions
What is the median household income in Hounsfield?
$82,981 (±$8,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hounsfield?
7.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hounsfield?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hounsfield work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watertown (32%, 20 mi), Watertown (10%, 19 mi), Philadelphia (3%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hounsfield walkable?
Hounsfield is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hounsfield 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 Hounsfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hounsfield
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.