Photo: HighAtop94 · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Lloyd (5.7%) is higher than in 71% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Lloyd itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (12%, 73 miles). For jobs and income Lloyd is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (B). Measured by household income, Lloyd is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lloyd at work: what stands out
Lloyd’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lloyd is New York City, 73 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (638) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Lloyd works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Lloyd: Poughkeepsie (10%), Poughkeepsie (7%) and New Paltz (6%). Next door ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Lloyd
The poverty rate holds Lloyd’s grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lloyd could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How far it is to work from Lloyd
About 25% 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.
Who works in Lloyd, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,507 residents head out to work, 602 work right here, and 2,360 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,000 people are in Lloyd on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.58 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Lloyd goes to work
Where Lloyd clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Inside Lloyd’s 2,962 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lloyd, 2013 → 2023: 2,887 → 2,962. 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 Lloyd’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Lloyd
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lloyd workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,715 commuters (the 16% 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.
In Lloyd, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,580 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). 5.3% of Lloyd households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Lloyd’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lloyd is 1,131st of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Hastings-on-Hudson NY | 8,440 | $194K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,129 | Summit WA | 8,791 | $107K | 7.4% | 7.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,130 | Airmont NY | 10,634 | $95K | 12.5% | 5.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,131 | Lloyd NY | 11,143 | $92K | 5.4% | 5.7% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,132 | Cooper Township MI | 10,446 | $83K | 2.7% | 6.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,133 | Medulla FL | 10,985 | $71K | 8.7% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Lloyd, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Lloyd and its neighbors: 25% work next door
The biggest share goes to Poughkeepsie (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lloyd workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd | – | B+ | B | 31 min | $92,220 |
| New Paltz | 6% | B+ | A | 26 min | $83,133 |
| Plattekill | under 2% | B+ | C | 32 min | $103,045 |
| Marlborough | 2% | B+ | B | 32 min | $106,627 |
| Hyde Park | under 2% | B− | B+ | 29 min | $87,094 |
| Esopus | under 2% | B− | B− | 27 min | $88,837 |
| Clintondale | under 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Poughkeepsie | 10% | B+ | A | 27 min | $97,724 |
| Poughkeepsie | 7% | C− | A | 24 min | $60,741 |
| Milton | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clintondale and Milton: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lloyd’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 Lloyd: questions
What is the median household income in Lloyd?
$92,220 (±$22,482) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lloyd?
5.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lloyd?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lloyd work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (12%, 73 mi), Poughkeepsie (10%, 5 mi), Poughkeepsie (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lloyd walkable?
Lloyd is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lloyd without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lloyd, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lloyd
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.