Howard has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
6% of workers work from home; New York has 15%. Howard has 41 jobs; 499 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Howard are C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Howard, in a few figures
Howard is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Howard, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Howard has about 890 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Howard works one town over
32% of working residents work in a town that borders Howard: Bath (19%), Avoca (8%) and Hornellsville (5%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Howard are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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; with 499 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Howard
On income, poverty and job access, Howard is better than 24% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Howard’s grade up ($73,906, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Howard’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Howard could be anywhere from D to C+.
The daily flow of workers through Howard
On a workday 495 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Howard on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Howard
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Howard workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 524 commuters (the 6% 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.
19% of working residents work in Bath
Where Howard clocks in
19% of workers
9% 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.
In Howard, 54% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Howard, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 41. 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 Howard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Howard to work
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Howard gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Howard is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 555 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.2% of Howard households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Howard’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Howard is 3,477th among 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,475 | Chesapeake WV | 1,270 | $61K | 21.5% | 2.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,476 | Mars Hill ME | 1,318 | $65K | 9.6% | 10.8% | 21% | C− |
| 3,477 | Howard NY | 1,351 | $74K | 12.9% | 4.4% | 1% | C− |
| 3,478 | El Rancho NM | 1,451 | $80K | 19.6% | 0.9% | 0% | C− |
| 3,479 | Concord Township IL | 1,416 | $66K | 13.0% | 4.3% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Howard, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Howard and its neighbors: 32% work next door
The biggest share goes to Bath (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Howard workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard | – | C− | B− | 23 min | $73,906 |
| Fremont | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Canisteo | under 2% | C− | B | 24 min | $62,660 |
| Avoca | 8% | C | C+ | 26 min | $67,730 |
| Hornellsville | 5% | C | A− | 23 min | $73,014 |
| Bath | 19% | D | B− | 21 min | $49,557 |
| Cohocton | under 2% | C | C | 26 min | $65,286 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fremont: 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 Howard’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 Howard: questions
What is the median household income in Howard?
$73,906 (±$4,538) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Howard?
12.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Howard?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Howard work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bath (19%, 10 mi), Hornell (9%, 8 mi), Avoca (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Howard walkable?
Howard is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Howard without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Howard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Howard
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.