Photo: Pooley1999 · CC BY-SA 3.0Machias has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Machias has 133 jobs, and 823 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Machias C; getting around on foot earns it C−. Home is the office for 6% of workers (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Machias, in a few figures
Machias is a place people come home to
There are 133 jobs based in Machias, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Machias has about 1,600 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Machias 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 ↓
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 823 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Machias’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Machias is better than 25% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Machias’ grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Machias could be anywhere from D to B−.
Machias on a workday afternoon
On a workday 809 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Machias on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Machias workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 885 commuters (the 6% 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.
11% of working residents work in Arcade
Where Machias clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Machias
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Machias, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 133. 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 Machias’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Machias works
About 16% 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.
Getting around Machias: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Machias is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 943 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). 9.0% of Machias households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Machias’ commuters take a bus or train.
Machias is 3,722nd of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,720 | Vernonia OR | 2,412 | $83K | 10.0% | 6.6% | 12% | C |
| 3,721 | Homestead Township MI | 2,419 | $62K | 12.8% | 4.0% | 6% | C |
| 3,722 | Machias NY | 2,294 | $59K | 20.1% | 2.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,723 | Cohocton NY | 2,202 | $65K | 15.0% | 3.9% | 8% | C |
| 3,724 | Lakeview CA | 2,062 | $59K | 31.8% | 5.6% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Machias, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Machias and its neighbors: 14% work next door
The biggest share goes to Yorkshire (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Machias workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machias | – | C | C− | 24 min | $59,485 |
| Farmersville | under 3% | D− | C+ | 25 min | $48,295 |
| Yorkshire | 7% | C− | C | 27 min | $48,097 |
| Franklinville | 4% | D | C+ | 31 min | $64,231 |
| Ashford | under 3% | C+ | C | 30 min | $77,558 |
| Ellicottville | 3% | C+ | B+ | 23 min | $71,200 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Machias’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 Machias: questions
What is the median household income in Machias?
$59,485 (±$18,773) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Machias?
20.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Machias?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Machias work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arcade (11%, 14 mi), Yorkshire (7%, 6 mi), Concord (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Machias walkable?
Machias is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Machias without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Machias, from the people who make the trip.
More of Machias
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.