Photo: wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0Johnsburg’s household incomes are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns
About one in three work in Johnsburg itself; outside it, Queensbury draws the most (7%, 26 miles). Below the poverty line: 10.5% of residents, against 14.0% across New York. Johnsburg 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
Johnsburg and work: the main findings
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Many jobs in Johnsburg pay little
29% of the jobs based in Johnsburg pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Johnsburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 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 716 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Johnsburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Johnsburg is better than 16% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Johnsburg’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Johnsburg’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, Johnsburg could be anywhere from D to C.
Miles to work from Johnsburg
About 31% 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.
Jobs in Johnsburg: what the 640 are
640 jobs are based in Johnsburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Johnsburg, 2013 → 2023: 621 → 640. 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 Johnsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Johnsburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Johnsburg workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 654 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.
The daily commute in and out of Johnsburg
On a workday 496 residents head out to work, 220 work right here, and 420 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Johnsburg: the destinations
Where Johnsburg clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
For most of Johnsburg, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Johnsburg is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Johnsburg near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 785 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). 9.4% of Johnsburg households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Johnsburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Johnsburg places 4,260th of 5,404 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | 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+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,258 | Howard City MI | 1,923 | $55K | 23.9% | 1.8% | 4% | C− |
| 4,259 | Portage PA | 2,344 | $46K | 23.2% | 5.0% | 7% | C− |
| 4,260 | Johnsburg NY | 2,132 | $61K | 10.5% | 3.6% | 31% | C− |
| 4,261 | Canaan Township OH | 1,599 | $58K | 14.7% | 3.4% | 4% | C− |
| 4,262 | Parks Township PA | 2,388 | $67K | 24.3% | 9.0% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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 Johnsburg, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Johnsburg
The biggest share goes to Chester (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Johnsburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnsburg | – | C− | C | 26 min | $60,987 |
| Chester | 4% | B− | C+ | 24 min | $84,623 |
| Thurman | under 2% | D | D− | 33 min | $58,750 |
| Indian Lake | under 2% | C | B | 24 min | $62,824 |
| Wells | under 2% | — | — | 43 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wells: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Johnsburg’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 Johnsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Johnsburg?
$60,987 (±$7,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Johnsburg?
10.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Johnsburg?
26 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 Johnsburg work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Queensbury (7%, 26 mi), Albany (5%, 67 mi), Warrensburg (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Johnsburg walkable?
Johnsburg is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Johnsburg without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Johnsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Johnsburg
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.