Most of Kennedy commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 60 jobs in Kennedy, against 186 working residents. Hardly any work in Kennedy itself; outside it, Jamestown draws the most (27%, 8 miles). The average commute takes 20 minutes each way, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Kennedy by day
On a workday 185 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Kennedy on a workday afternoon, 51% 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.
Where Kennedy’s working residents head each day
Where Kennedy clocks in
27% of workers
16% 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.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Kennedy
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kennedy, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 60. 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 Kennedy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Kennedy: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kennedy workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70 commuters (the 10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Kennedy
About 21% 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.
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 Kennedy: questions
What is the median household income in Kennedy?
$49,375 (±$7,388) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kennedy?
19.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kennedy?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kennedy work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (27%, 8 mi), Ellicott (16%, 7 mi), Poland (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kennedy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kennedy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kennedy
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.