Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Java (0.4%) is lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A−: better than 79% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 73% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 27 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Java; the top destination outside it is Arcade (10%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Java, in brief
Java makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Java are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Java residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Java are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 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 849 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Java’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Java is better than 79% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Java’s grade up (0.4%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Java could be anywhere from B to A.
Java makes things: 36% of its jobs are in goods
362 jobs are based in Java. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Java’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Java, 2013 → 2023: 449 → 362. 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.
About 27 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Java workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,017 commuters (the 9% 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.
Java quiets down on a workday
On a workday 766 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Java on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.43 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Arcade
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Java clocks in
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Java commutes less than 17 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% 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.
Most trips from Java start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Java is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,117 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 0.0 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). 1.2% of Java households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Java’s commuters take a bus or train.
Java is 715th of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Java, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 713 | Yorkville NY | 2,572 | $73K | 4.2% | 2.8% | 2% | A− |
| 714 | Canterbury NH | 2,463 | $129K | 5.4% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
| 715 | Java NY | 1,942 | $95K | 3.7% | 0.4% | 10% | A− |
| 716 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| 717 | Manitowoc Rapids WI | 2,184 | $94K | 5.5% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | 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.
14% of Java works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Arcade (10%). Darker towns draw more of Java’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Java workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java | – | A− | C+ | 27 min | $95,129 |
| Wethersfield | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Arcade | 10% | C | C+ | 29 min | $62,011 |
| Sheldon | 4% | C | B− | 33 min | $71,214 |
| Holland | under 3% | B− | B | 29 min | $66,198 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wethersfield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Java: questions
What is the median household income in Java?
$95,129 (±$24,007) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Java?
3.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Java?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Java work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arcade (10%, 6 mi), Aurora (5%, 14 mi), Sheldon (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Java walkable?
Java is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Java without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Java, from the people who make the trip.
More of Java
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.