With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Madrid works elsewhere
Employers in Madrid report 262 jobs; 610 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Madrid is better than 7% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (C). 6% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Madrid
Where Madrid’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Madrid’s grade up ($64,083, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (26.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (8.0%) is left out: Madrid’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, Madrid could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The daily trip from Madrid: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madrid workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 547 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.
Madrid quiets down on a workday
On a workday 561 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Madrid on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
16% of working residents work in Potsdam
Where Madrid clocks in
12% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in Madrid
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madrid, 2013 → 2023: 294 → 262. 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 Madrid’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Madrid commutes less than 15 miles
About 23% 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.
Most of Madrid commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 584 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). 6.8% of Madrid households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Madrid’s commuters take a bus or train.
Madrid next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 5,117th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,115 | Clintwood VA | 1,297 | $52K | 16.8% | 2.3% | 22% | D |
| 5,116 | Comins Township MI | 1,982 | $53K | 14.2% | 1.6% | 20% | D |
| 5,117 | Madrid NY | 1,713 | $64K | 26.5% | 8.0% | 8% | D |
| 5,118 | Montgomery VT | 1,225 | $53K | 15.6% | 16.1% | 4% | D |
| 5,119 | Rector AR | 1,789 | $48K | 20.2% | 4.1% | 15% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Madrid, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 24% of Madrid’s workers
The biggest share goes to Potsdam (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madrid workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | – | D | C | 24 min | $64,083 |
| Waddington | 6% | C | D | 27 min | $79,688 |
| Potsdam | 16% | D | A− | 18 min | $53,302 |
| Norfolk | under 2% | C | C | 25 min | $67,500 |
| Lisbon | 2% | B− | D | 19 min | $73,963 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Madrid’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 Madrid: questions
What is the median household income in Madrid?
$64,083 (±$6,742) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madrid?
26.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madrid?
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 Madrid work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Potsdam (16%, 8 mi), Canton (12%, 14 mi), Massena (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madrid walkable?
Madrid is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madrid without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Madrid, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madrid
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.