Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Malone has lower unemployment (3.0%) than 70% of U.S. towns
About half work in Malone; the top destination outside it is Plattsburgh (4%, 41 miles). Jobs and income earn Malone C; getting around on foot earns it A−. 5% of workers work from home (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Malone: the gist
Commutes from Malone are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 138 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker, and quicker than any town next door (21 to 36 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Malone is the work center of its corner
Every town that borders Malone (Bellmont, Bangor, Brandon, Constable, Burke and others) has fewer jobs than working residents, while Malone has 1.6 per resident. 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.
The four measures behind Malone’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Malone is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #577 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Malone’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Malone could be anywhere from D to B−.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Malone
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Malone workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,124 commuters (the 5% 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.
Who works in Malone, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,057 residents head out to work, 1,810 work right here, and 4,239 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Malone on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The towns that send workers to Malone
Where Malone clocks in
4% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
Jobs in Malone: what the 6,049 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Malone, 2013 → 2023: 5,448 → 6,049. 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 Malone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Malone commutes less than 12 miles
About 26% 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.
Malone is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Malone is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #241 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,345 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). 16.4% of Malone households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Malone’s commuters take a bus or train.
Malone next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000: 2,086th of 2,695 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Hastings-on-Hudson NY | 8,440 | $194K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,084 | Markham IL | 11,274 | $57K | 18.0% | 8.7% | 4% | C |
| 2,085 | Ravenna OH | 11,136 | $60K | 19.1% | 6.0% | 14% | C |
| 2,086 | Malone NY | 11,677 | $68K | 17.5% | 3.0% | 47% | C |
| 2,087 | Madison Township OH | 11,118 | $58K | 13.9% | 5.3% | 5% | C |
| 2,088 | Exeter CA | 10,122 | $76K | 14.2% | 9.6% | 12% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | 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 Malone, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to Malone
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Malone workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malone | – | C | A− | 15 min | $67,969 |
| Bellmont | under 2% | C− | D | 25 min | $70,250 |
| Bangor | under 2% | D | B− | 21 min | $65,000 |
| Brandon | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Constable | under 2% | D | C− | 22 min | $62,169 |
| Burke | under 2% | D | C+ | 28 min | $63,750 |
| Duane | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Westville | under 2% | D | C+ | 23 min | $56,528 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brandon and Duane: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Malone’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 Malone: questions
What is the median household income in Malone?
$67,969 (±$12,034) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Malone?
17.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Malone?
15 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Malone work?
47% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plattsburgh (4%, 41 mi), Albany (2%, 148 mi), Plattsburgh (2%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Malone walkable?
Malone is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Malone without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Malone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Malone
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.