Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0LaFayette has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
For jobs and income LaFayette is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D). Employers in LaFayette report 1,155 jobs for 2,154 working residents. Measured by household income, LaFayette is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in LaFayette
Commutes from LaFayette are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
LaFayette and Syracuse trade workers both ways
Syracuse is the top workplace for LaFayette residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in LaFayette come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
LaFayette has added jobs fast
Jobs based in LaFayette went from 766 in 2013 to 1,155 in 2023, +51%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
LaFayette’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, LaFayette could be anywhere from B to A+.
A commute of about 22 minutes in LaFayette
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of LaFayette workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,223 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.
28% of working residents work in Syracuse
Where LaFayette clocks in
28% 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.
LaFayette works in goods: 28% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in LaFayette, 2013 → 2023: 766 → 1,155. 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 LaFayette’s own residents hold wherever they work.
LaFayette by day and by night
On a workday 1,982 residents head out to work, 172 work right here, and 983 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in LaFayette on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from LaFayette
About 17% 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.
For most of LaFayette, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,675 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 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% 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). 2.3% of LaFayette households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of LaFayette’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, LaFayette is 783rd of 3,840 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 22 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 781 | Peculiar MO | 6,365 | $95K | 4.9% | 4.1% | 5% | A− |
| 782 | Saratoga Township IL | 6,597 | $82K | 5.4% | 2.4% | 8% | A− |
| 783 | LaFayette NY | 4,879 | $114K | 4.2% | 4.2% | 8% | A− |
| 784 | Millcreek Township PA | 4,443 | $91K | 9.5% | 0.6% | 4% | A− |
| 785 | White Deer Township PA | 4,363 | $84K | 3.6% | 1.8% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 LaFayette, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
17% of LaFayette works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to DeWitt (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of LaFayette’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 LaFayette: questions
What is the median household income in LaFayette?
$113,750 (±$21,135) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in LaFayette?
4.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from LaFayette?
22 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 LaFayette work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (28%, 9 mi), DeWitt (14%, 10 mi), Salina (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is LaFayette walkable?
LaFayette is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around LaFayette without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from LaFayette, from the people who make the trip.
More of LaFayette
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.