Kirkwood has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 4,393 people commute in to work
For 5% of workers, the job is at home; New York has 15%. There are 4,616 jobs in Kirkwood, against 2,264 working residents. Kirkwood grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kirkwood, in a few figures
Commutes from Kirkwood are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Kirkwood is where the jobs are
Kirkwood has 4,616 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,600 people are in town, 45% more than the 5,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
51% of the jobs in Kirkwood are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
A lot of Kirkwood works one town over
32% of working residents work in a town that borders Kirkwood: Binghamton (17%), Dickinson (6%) and Conklin (5%). Next door ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Kirkwood gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kirkwood is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #536 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Kirkwood’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($58,588, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kirkwood could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily trip from Kirkwood: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kirkwood workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,201 commuters (the 5% 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.
A workday in Kirkwood: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,041 residents head out to work and 223 work right here.
About 7,600 people are in Kirkwood on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
66% of the jobs in Kirkwood pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kirkwood, 2014 → 2024: 4,791 → 4,616. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kirkwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Kirkwood
Where Kirkwood clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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 commute from Kirkwood, by distance
About 24% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Kirkwood is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kirkwood is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #553 of 758 in New York. 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 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,309 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 under 0.1 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). 4.0% of Kirkwood households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kirkwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Kirkwood is 2,471st of 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 21 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,469 | Osawatomie KS | 4,215 | $67K | 16.6% | 4.2% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,470 | Blaine WA | 6,475 | $84K | 13.1% | 5.5% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,471 | Kirkwood NY | 5,274 | $59K | 15.2% | 3.9% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,472 | Mount Vernon IN | 6,289 | $62K | 14.9% | 3.9% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,473 | Gilead Township OH | 6,080 | $59K | 11.2% | 4.4% | 14% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Kirkwood, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 32% of Kirkwood’s workers
The biggest share goes to Binghamton (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kirkwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkwood | – | C+ | C+ | 18 min | $58,588 |
| Conklin | 5% | B | B− | 20 min | $66,356 |
| Windsor | 2% | C | C | 26 min | $72,956 |
| Fenton | 2% | C+ | C | 21 min | $73,162 |
| Binghamton | 17% | D | A | 19 min | $45,578 |
| Dickinson | 6% | B | C+ | 17 min | $77,864 |
| Colesville | under 2% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $61,317 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kirkwood’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 2024, 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 Kirkwood: questions
What is the median household income in Kirkwood?
$58,588 (±$5,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kirkwood?
15.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kirkwood?
18 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kirkwood work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Binghamton (17%, 6 mi), Union (12%, 12 mi), Vestal (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kirkwood walkable?
Kirkwood is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kirkwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kirkwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kirkwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.