Photo: Webb_Herkimer_NY.png: Schzmo *derivative work: Liesel · Public domainMost of Litchfield commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 234 jobs in Litchfield; 601 of its residents have a job. Litchfield grades B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 2% work in Litchfield itself; outside it, Utica draws the most (11%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Litchfield, in brief
How Litchfield earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Litchfield is better than 69% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Litchfield’s grade up (5.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Litchfield’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, Litchfield could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The trip to work from Litchfield: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Litchfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 521 commuters (the 8% 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.
Litchfield on a workday afternoon
On a workday 589 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Litchfield on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
The towns that employ Litchfield’s residents
Where Litchfield clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Litchfield works in goods: 56% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Litchfield, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 234. 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 Litchfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Litchfield, by distance
About 21% 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 Litchfield gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Litchfield is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Litchfield near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 565 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). 5.8% of Litchfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Litchfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,075th of 5,877: where Litchfield ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,073 | Anna Maria FL | 1,023 | $104K | 6.0% | 0.0% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,074 | Cokato Township MN | 1,406 | $87K | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,075 | Litchfield NY | 1,428 | $88K | 5.5% | 4.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,076 | Clearfield Township PA | 1,569 | $88K | 2.4% | 1.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,077 | Indio Hills CA | 1,117 | $92K | 0.1% | 23.1% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Litchfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
20% of Litchfield works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to New Hartford (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Litchfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield | – | B+ | D− | 24 min | $87,750 |
| Paris | 2% | A− | D | 21 min | $93,491 |
| Frankfort | 3% | B | C+ | 28 min | $62,861 |
| Columbia | under 3% | B− | C | 34 min | $90,795 |
| Winfield | 6% | C | C+ | 36 min | $66,917 |
| New Hartford | 9% | B+ | B | 18 min | $81,173 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Litchfield’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 Litchfield: questions
What is the median household income in Litchfield?
$87,750 (±$17,995) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Litchfield?
5.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Litchfield?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Litchfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (11%, 9 mi), New Hartford (9%, 9 mi), Winfield (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Litchfield walkable?
Litchfield is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Litchfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Litchfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Litchfield
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.