Lyonsdale has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%. Employers in Lyonsdale report 143 jobs for 365 working residents. Jobs and income earn Lyonsdale C−; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lyonsdale
Commutes from Lyonsdale are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Lyonsdale workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 365 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Lyonsdale’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Lyonsdale is better than 16% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Lyonsdale’s grade up (10.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (9.0%) is left out: Lyonsdale’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, Lyonsdale could be anywhere from D to C+.
How long Lyonsdale spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyonsdale workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 414 commuters (the 3% 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.
Lyonsdale on a workday afternoon
On a workday 334 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Lyonsdale on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
18% of working residents work in Lowville
Where Lyonsdale 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.
Goods, not services: 81% of the jobs in Lyonsdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyonsdale, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 143. 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 Lyonsdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lyonsdale
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.
In Lyonsdale, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lyonsdale is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 2.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 428 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). 4.4% of Lyonsdale households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lyonsdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lyonsdale is 3,141st of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,139 | Tesuque NM | 1,079 | $56K | 18.4% | 19.5% | 4% | C− |
| 3,140 | Pleasant Grove OH | 1,436 | $54K | 22.1% | 2.1% | 1% | C− |
| 3,141 | Lyonsdale NY | 1,151 | $62K | 10.4% | 9.0% | 8% | C− |
| 3,142 | Sugarcreek Township PA | 1,333 | $58K | 13.6% | 7.1% | 5% | C− |
| 3,143 | Crab Orchard WV | 1,139 | $44K | 16.6% | 3.8% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Lyonsdale, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 18% of Lyonsdale’s workers
The biggest share goes to Turin (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lyonsdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyonsdale | – | C− | C | 24 min | $61,806 |
| Leyden | under 2% | D | B− | 26 min | $59,474 |
| West Turin | 2% | C− | B | 23 min | $69,338 |
| Greig | 2% | D | C− | 36 min | $58,000 |
| Lyons Falls | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Turin | 9% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Boonville | 5% | C | C+ | 29 min | $68,253 |
| Forestport | under 2% | B− | D | 31 min | $72,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lyons Falls: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Turin: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lyonsdale’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 Lyonsdale: questions
What is the median household income in Lyonsdale?
$61,806 (±$11,675) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyonsdale?
10.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyonsdale?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyonsdale work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lowville (18%, 20 mi), Turin (9%, 10 mi), Boonville (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lyonsdale walkable?
Lyonsdale is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 2.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lyonsdale 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 Lyonsdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyonsdale
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.