With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Jasper works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Jasper for work; outside it, Hornell is the main destination (8%, 15 miles). 36 jobs are based in Jasper for 495 working residents. Jasper 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
Work in Jasper, in a few figures
Jasper is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in Jasper, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Jasper has about 920 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Jasper are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 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 495 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Jasper’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Jasper is better than 30% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Jasper’s grade up ($80,588, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Jasper’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, Jasper could be anywhere from C− to B−.
In and out of Jasper on a workday
On a workday 493 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Jasper on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Jasper
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jasper workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 389 commuters (the 12% 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.
Commuting out of Jasper: the destinations
Where Jasper clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Jasper: what the 36 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jasper, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 36. 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 Jasper’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Jasper, by distance
About 28% 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 commute in Jasper is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jasper is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 1.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 443 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). 17.6% of Jasper households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Jasper’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Jasper ranks 3,337th of 5,877 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 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,335 | Phoenix IL | 1,646 | $30K | 21.5% | 22.6% | 1% | C |
| 3,336 | Rich Township MI | 1,502 | $66K | 6.5% | 4.5% | 1% | C |
| 3,337 | Jasper NY | 1,381 | $81K | 10.9% | 1.9% | <1% | C |
| 3,338 | Liberty Township PA | 1,395 | $65K | 8.8% | 3.3% | 6% | C |
| 3,339 | Stuart IA | 1,882 | $65K | 14.0% | 4.7% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Jasper, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
14% of Jasper works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jasper workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper | – | C | C+ | 24 min | $80,588 |
| Woodhull | under 3% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $60,106 |
| Troupsburg | 8% | C− | B− | 33 min | $71,875 |
| Greenwood | 6% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Cameron | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenwood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Cameron: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Troupsburg. Darker towns draw more of Jasper’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 Jasper: questions
What is the median household income in Jasper?
$80,588 (±$7,025) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jasper?
10.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jasper?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jasper work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hornell (8%, 15 mi), Troupsburg (8%, 5 mi), Wellsville (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jasper walkable?
Jasper is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 1.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jasper without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jasper, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jasper
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.