Bloomville Methodist Epicopal Church · Photo: Vonsky87 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Kortright commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 5% work in Kortright itself; outside it, Delhi draws the most (21%, 11 miles). There are 149 jobs in Kortright; 597 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Kortright are 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
What sets Kortright apart on work
A lot of Kortright works one town over
33% of working residents work in a town that borders Kortright: Delhi (21%), Stamford (6%) and Davenport (3%). Next door ↓
Kortright is a place people come home to
There are 149 jobs based in Kortright, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kortright has about 1,100 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Kortright 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 ↓
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 597 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Kortright’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Kortright is better than 34% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Kortright’s grade up (8.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Kortright’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kortright could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily commute in and out of Kortright
On a workday 566 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Kortright on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
From Kortright, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kortright workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 687 commuters (the 13% 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 towns that employ Kortright’s residents
Where Kortright clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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.
65% of the jobs in Kortright pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kortright, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 149. 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 Kortright’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Kortright
About 32% 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.
Most trips from Kortright start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kortright is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 790 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). 3.8% of Kortright households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Kortright’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Kortright ranks: 2,836th of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,834 | Newburgh ME | 1,735 | $77K | 11.7% | 5.0% | 4% | C |
| 2,835 | Clinton Township MO | 1,609 | $65K | 5.3% | 0.0% | 4% | C |
| 2,836 | Kortright NY | 1,508 | $81K | 8.2% | 5.3% | 5% | C |
| 2,837 | Wedgefield SC | 1,968 | $44K | 9.6% | 4.1% | 0% | C |
| 2,838 | Mechanicsburg OH | 1,681 | $60K | 15.4% | 1.6% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Kortright, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Kortright and its neighbors: 33% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kortright workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kortright | – | C | C− | 24 min | $80,729 |
| Stamford | 6% | D | B+ | 29 min | $62,083 |
| Delhi | 21% | C− | A− | 15 min | $63,043 |
| Harpersfield | under 3% | D− | B− | 31 min | $52,118 |
| Davenport | 3% | C | B | 21 min | $79,539 |
| Meredith | 3% | C+ | C | 33 min | $85,938 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Delhi. Darker towns draw more of Kortright’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 Kortright: questions
What is the median household income in Kortright?
$80,729 (±$22,121) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kortright?
8.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kortright?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kortright work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Delhi (21%, 11 mi), Stamford (6%, 7 mi), New York City (6%, 128 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kortright walkable?
Kortright is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kortright without a car?
1% 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 Kortright, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kortright
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.