Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes put Lewisboro near the very top of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Lewisboro is better than 93% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (B+). Measured by household income, Lewisboro is among the highest-earning towns in the country. 1.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 14.0% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lewisboro apart
Home offices are common in Lewisboro
33% of Lewisboro workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
31% of Lewisboro works in New York City
1,694 working residents, 31%, have their main job in New York City, 46 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Lewisboro itself. The commute map ↓
Lewisboro workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Lewisboro workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Lewisboro’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
Lewisboro’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Lewisboro’s grade up ($231,953, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lewisboro could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The trip to work from Lewisboro: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lewisboro workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,312 commuters (the 33% 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.
31% of working residents work in New York City
Where Lewisboro clocks in
31% of workers
4% 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.
Lewisboro is a services town
2,681 jobs are based in Lewisboro.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lewisboro, 2014 → 2024: 2,685 → 2,681. 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 Lewisboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Lewisboro, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,985 residents head out to work, 421 work right here, and 2,260 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in Lewisboro on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2024, primary jobs.
How many miles Lewisboro commutes
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.
The commute in Lewisboro is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 16.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,405 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 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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). 1.7% of Lewisboro households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 12% of Lewisboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Lewisboro is 251st among 2,151 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Babylon NY | 12,281 | $141K | 3.5% | 3.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 249 | Weare NH | 9,291 | $118K | 1.4% | 0.4% | 9% | A |
| 250 | Hooksett NH | 15,346 | $118K | 3.3% | 2.5% | 9% | A |
| 251 | Lewisboro NY | 12,162 | $232K | 1.9% | 4.4% | 8% | A |
| 252 | West University Place TX | 15,158 | $250K | 1.7% | 5.9% | 3% | A |
| 253 | Providence Village TX | 12,498 | $110K | 8.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,151 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 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 Lewisboro, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Lewisboro and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Bedford (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lewisboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisboro | – | A | B+ | 38 min | $231,953 |
| Somers | under 2% | A | A− | 36 min | $169,894 |
| North Salem | under 2% | A+ | A− | 40 min | $178,750 |
| Bedford | 3% | A− | A | 41 min | $196,034 |
| Pound Ridge | under 2% | A+ | A− | 43 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lewisboro’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 Lewisboro: questions
What is the median household income in Lewisboro?
$231,953 (±$27,590) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lewisboro?
1.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lewisboro?
38 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lewisboro work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (31%, 46 mi), Stamford (4%, 13 mi), Bedford (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lewisboro walkable?
Lewisboro is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lewisboro without a car?
12% 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 Lewisboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lewisboro
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.