Edmund Wilson House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Leyden has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Leyden is better than 11% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (B−). Leyden has 72 jobs; 428 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Leyden; the top destination outside it is Lowville (19%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Leyden
Leyden is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Leyden, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Leyden are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 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 428 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Leyden’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Leyden’s grade up (13.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (13.3%) is left out: Leyden’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Leyden could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Who works in Leyden, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 416 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Leyden on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Leyden
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leyden workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 640 commuters (the 9% 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.
Out of Leyden to work: where people go
Where Leyden clocks in
Lines 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.
Factories, building and farms: 72% of the jobs in Leyden
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leyden, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 72. 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 Leyden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Leyden to work
About 26% 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.
Driving is how Leyden gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 706 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.9% of Leyden households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leyden’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Leyden ranks: 4,747th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,745 | Memphis MO | 1,762 | $55K | 12.2% | 0.6% | 38% | D |
| 4,746 | Haskell OK | 1,740 | $34K | 20.7% | 6.5% | 7% | D |
| 4,747 | Leyden NY | 1,585 | $59K | 13.9% | 13.3% | 3% | D |
| 4,748 | Bloomfield Township PA | 1,821 | $63K | 18.6% | 7.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,749 | Cabazon CA | 1,887 | $49K | 24.4% | 8.9% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Leyden, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Leyden and its neighbors: 18% work next door
The biggest share goes to Boonville (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leyden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leyden | – | D | B− | 26 min | $59,474 |
| Lyonsdale | 2% | C− | C | 24 min | $61,806 |
| West Turin | 6% | C− | B | 23 min | $69,338 |
| Lewis | 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Boonville | 8% | C | C+ | 29 min | $68,253 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lewis: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leyden’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 Leyden: questions
What is the median household income in Leyden?
$59,474 (±$21,045) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leyden?
13.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leyden?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leyden work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lowville (19%, 20 mi), Turin (11%, 9 mi), Boonville (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leyden walkable?
Leyden is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leyden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leyden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leyden
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.