Marcy has 1.9 jobs for every working resident: 5,196 people commute in to work
At home: 6% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%). Marcy has 5,419 jobs, and 2,790 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Marcy are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Marcy
Commutes from Marcy are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Marcy works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders Marcy: Utica (21%), Whitestown (10%) and Trenton (2%). Next door ↓
Marcy is where the jobs are
Marcy has 5,419 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Marcy draws workers from far and wide
The 5,419 jobs in Marcy are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 30%; the other 66% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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 figures behind Marcy’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marcy is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #202 of 758 in New York. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marcy could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marcy workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,656 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.
Who leaves Marcy for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,567 residents head out to work and 223 work right here.
About 11,000 people are in Marcy on a workday afternoon, 32% more 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.
The towns that send workers to Marcy
Where Marcy clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
68% of the jobs in Marcy pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marcy, 2013 → 2023: 4,209 → 5,419. 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 Marcy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Marcy to work
About 24% 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.
The commute in Marcy is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marcy is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #447 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 14.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,830 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 2.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 73% 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). 4.8% of Marcy households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Marcy’s commuters take a bus or train.
909th of 2,956: where Marcy ranks among U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 907 | Allen Township IN | 7,175 | $78K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 9% | A− |
| 908 | New Boston NH | 6,276 | $154K | 6.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A− |
| 909 | Marcy NY | 8,232 | $93K | 8.3% | 2.5% | 8% | A− |
| 910 | Indian Harbour Beach FL | 8,914 | $97K | 10.2% | 1.8% | 5% | A− |
| 911 | Standish ME | 11,000 | $105K | 7.3% | 2.4% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,956 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Marcy, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
35% of Marcy works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Utica (21%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marcy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcy | – | A− | B | 22 min | $92,775 |
| Whitestown | 10% | B+ | B | 17 min | $80,168 |
| Utica | 21% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $52,484 |
| Trenton | 2% | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $88,807 |
| Floyd | under 2% | B+ | D− | 19 min | $98,297 |
| Deerfield | 2% | A | C+ | 21 min | $101,029 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marcy’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 Marcy: questions
What is the median household income in Marcy?
$92,775 (±$20,065) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marcy?
8.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marcy?
22 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 Marcy work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (21%, 6 mi), New Hartford (11%, 8 mi), Whitestown (10%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marcy walkable?
Marcy is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marcy without a car?
<1% 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 Marcy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marcy
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.