Masonville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Home is the office for 4% of workers; New York has 15%. Masonville has 184 jobs, and 459 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Masonville is better than 12% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Masonville: the figures worth knowing
Masonville and Sidney trade workers both ways
Sidney is the top workplace for Masonville residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Masonville come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Masonville are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 459 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Masonville’s grade
The poverty rate holds Masonville’s grade up (12.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Masonville’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, Masonville could be anywhere from D− to C.
16% of working residents work in Sidney
Where Masonville clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Masonville
About 38% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Masonville’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Masonville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 413 commuters (the 4% 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.
A workday in Masonville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 447 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Masonville on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2024, primary jobs.
66% of the jobs in Masonville pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Masonville, 2014 → 2024: 47 → 184. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Masonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Masonville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Masonville is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Masonville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 430 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). 6.9% of Masonville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Masonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Masonville places 3,863rd of 4,866 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 2% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,861 | Waterford ME | 1,632 | $66K | 16.4% | 1.9% | 4% | D |
| 3,862 | Martiny Township MI | 1,673 | $52K | 10.7% | 2.9% | 1% | D |
| 3,863 | Masonville NY | 1,227 | $59K | 12.2% | 2.9% | 3% | D |
| 3,864 | Constable NY | 1,498 | $62K | 15.6% | 2.1% | 1% | D |
| 3,865 | North Branch MI | 1,111 | $57K | 15.3% | 7.5% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Masonville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 21% of Masonville’s workers
The biggest share goes to Sidney (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Masonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masonville | – | D | D− | 27 min | $58,750 |
| Sidney | 16% | D | C+ | 24 min | $52,347 |
| Sanford | under 3% | C− | B− | 27 min | $76,724 |
| Tompkins | under 3% | C− | C | 70 min | $61,103 |
| Deposit | 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Bainbridge | 3% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $60,391 |
| Afton | under 3% | D | C | 23 min | $51,736 |
Same-state neighbors only. Deposit: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Masonville’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 2024, 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 Masonville: questions
What is the median household income in Masonville?
$58,750 (±$9,393) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Masonville?
12.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Masonville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Masonville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sidney (16%, 6 mi), New York City (6%, 130 mi), Walton (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Masonville walkable?
Masonville is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Masonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Masonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Masonville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.