Garrett Memorial Chapel · Photo: Kevin James Curtis (KJC402) · CC BY 3.0Jerusalem has higher unemployment (5.8%) than 72% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Jerusalem C+; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in ten work in Jerusalem itself; outside it, Milo draws the most (20%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Jerusalem, in a few figures
Commutes from Jerusalem 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 ↓
Jerusalem and Milo trade workers both ways
Milo is the top workplace for Jerusalem residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Jerusalem come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Jerusalem pay little
28% of the jobs based in Jerusalem pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Jerusalem’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jerusalem is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #526 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Jerusalem’s grade up ($86,780, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jerusalem could be anywhere from C− to B+.
About 24 minutes to work from Jerusalem
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jerusalem workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,392 commuters (the 17% 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 Jerusalem’s working residents head each day
Where Jerusalem clocks in
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Jerusalem
904 jobs are based in Jerusalem.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jerusalem, 2013 → 2023: 997 → 904. 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 Jerusalem’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Jerusalem
On a workday 1,177 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 773 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.
0.69 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.
Miles to work from Jerusalem
About 22% 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 Jerusalem is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jerusalem is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #424 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 15.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,676 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). 13.6% of Jerusalem households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jerusalem’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900, Jerusalem ranks 2,593rd of 3,908 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,591 | Lackawaxen Township PA | 5,486 | $79K | 9.5% | 4.1% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,592 | Negaunee MI | 4,663 | $71K | 12.4% | 3.7% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,593 | Jerusalem NY | 4,363 | $87K | 9.0% | 5.8% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,594 | Decatur Township PA | 4,161 | $56K | 20.0% | 0.6% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,595 | Soda Springs ID | 3,165 | $57K | 12.0% | 1.0% | 40% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | 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 Jerusalem, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
25% of Jerusalem works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jerusalem workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerusalem | – | C+ | B | 24 min | $86,780 |
| Milo | 20% | C+ | B+ | 16 min | $62,500 |
| Pulteney | under 2% | C | C+ | 26 min | $68,906 |
| Wayne | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Potter | under 2% | C | B− | 25 min | $67,344 |
| Italy | under 2% | D | D− | 38 min | $58,750 |
| Penn Yan | under 2% | C+ | A− | 14 min | $60,190 |
| Benton | 5% | C+ | B− | 23 min | $74,767 |
| Barrington | under 2% | B− | B | 19 min | $90,938 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wayne: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Milo. Darker towns draw more of Jerusalem’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 Jerusalem: questions
What is the median household income in Jerusalem?
$86,780 (±$11,370) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jerusalem?
9.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jerusalem?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jerusalem work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milo (20%, 8 mi), Benton (5%, 9 mi), Geneva (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jerusalem walkable?
Jerusalem is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jerusalem without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jerusalem, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jerusalem
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.