Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0Jordan has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B−: better than 46% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 52% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 27 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Jordan; the top destination outside it is Syracuse (16%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Jordan
Fewer jobs are based in Jordan than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Jordan fell from 438 in 2013 to 259 in 2023, −41%. 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 ↓
Commutes from Jordan 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 514 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Jordan’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Jordan is better than 46% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Jordan’s grade up (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Jordan’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, Jordan could be anywhere from C to B+.
What the 259 jobs in Jordan are
259 jobs are based in Jordan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jordan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jordan, 2013 → 2023: 438 → 259. 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 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jordan workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 669 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.
Jordan quiets down on a workday
On a workday 505 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Jordan on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.50 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.
16% of working residents work in Syracuse
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Jordan clocks in
16% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Jordan commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 16% 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 Jordan start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jordan is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 725 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). 4.9% of Jordan households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jordan’s commuters take a bus or train.
Jordan is 1,612th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Jordan, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,610 | Skagway AK | 1,174 | $89K | 6.2% | 9.3% | — | B− |
| 1,611 | Catawba SC | 1,071 | $60K | 11.5% | 13.8% | 2% | B− |
| 1,612 | Jordan NY | 1,194 | $77K | 13.8% | 2.8% | 2% | B− |
| 1,613 | Americus Township KS | 1,368 | $86K | 7.7% | 3.8% | 4% | B− |
| 1,614 | Woodville Township MN | 1,268 | $81K | 9.3% | 2.4% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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.
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 Jordan: questions
What is the median household income in Jordan?
$76,588 (±$11,204) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jordan?
13.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jordan?
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 Jordan work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (16%, 17 mi), Elbridge (13%, 2 mi), Auburn (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jordan walkable?
Jordan is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jordan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jordan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jordan
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.