Hume has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For jobs and income Hume is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (B−). Hume has 160 jobs, and 612 of its residents work somewhere. At home: 8% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hume at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Hume than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hume fell from 951 in 2013 to 160 in 2023, −83%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Hume and Caneadea trade workers both ways
Caneadea is the top workplace for Hume residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Hume come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hume is a place people come home to
There are 160 jobs based in Hume, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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 612 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Hume
The poverty rate holds Hume’s grade up (11.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (12.0%) is left out: Hume’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, Hume could be anywhere from D to C+.
Jobs in Hume: what the 160 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hume, 2013 → 2023: 951 → 160. 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 Hume’s own residents hold wherever they work.
17% of working residents work in Caneadea
Where Hume clocks in
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.
How a workday changes Hume
On a workday 587 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Hume on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
About 27 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hume workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 771 commuters (the 8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hume
About 27% 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.
Most trips from Hume start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 836 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). 7.4% of Hume households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hume’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hume is 4,014th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,012 | Center Township IN | 1,471 | $61K | 11.7% | 0.3% | 1% | C− |
| 4,013 | Parsonsfield ME | 1,837 | $72K | 12.0% | 2.9% | 4% | C− |
| 4,014 | Hume NY | 2,036 | $69K | 11.2% | 12.0% | 4% | C− |
| 4,015 | Willsboro NY | 1,831 | $70K | 12.1% | 2.0% | 24% | C− |
| 4,016 | Sanford NY | 2,162 | $77K | 16.4% | 1.5% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Hume, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Hume and its neighbors: 17% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hume workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hume | – | C− | B− | 27 min | $68,958 |
| Granger | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Caneadea | 17% | C+ | B | 20 min | $82,563 |
| Centerville | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Portage | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Genesee Falls | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Houghton | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Pike | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Granger, Centerville, Portage, Genesee Falls and Pike: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Houghton: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Caneadea. Darker towns draw more of Hume’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 Hume: questions
What is the median household income in Hume?
$68,958 (±$13,623) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hume?
11.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hume?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hume work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Caneadea (17%, 6 mi), Arcade (5%, 14 mi), Buffalo (4%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hume walkable?
Hume is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hume without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hume, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hume
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.