Photo: Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Mayfield commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Mayfield grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. There are 1,022 jobs in Mayfield, against 2,625 working residents. Only 8% stay in Mayfield for work; outside it, Gloversville is the main destination (12%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Mayfield
How Mayfield earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mayfield is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #583 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Mayfield’s grade up ($72,074, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mayfield could be anywhere from D to B.
About 26 minutes to work from Mayfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mayfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,787 commuters (the 10% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Mayfield
On a workday 2,416 residents head out to work, 209 work right here, and 813 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Mayfield on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where Mayfield’s working residents head each day
Where Mayfield clocks in
10% 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.
What Mayfield’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mayfield, 2014 → 2024: 785 → 1,022. 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 Mayfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Mayfield to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Mayfield, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mayfield is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #675 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Mayfield 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 3,083 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). 3.5% of Mayfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mayfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mayfield is 2,457th of 3,307 U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,200 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,455 | East Lincoln Township IL | 7,589 | $59K | 20.0% | 4.1% | 14% | C |
| 2,456 | Jasper GA | 5,400 | $52K | 27.2% | 0.1% | 15% | C |
| 2,457 | Mayfield NY | 6,073 | $72K | 15.3% | 4.7% | 8% | C |
| 2,458 | West Modesto CA | 5,978 | $61K | 12.4% | 12.1% | 1% | C |
| 2,459 | La Feria TX | 7,222 | $45K | 25.0% | 3.8% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,307 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Mayfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Mayfield
The biggest share goes to Johnstown (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mayfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield | – | C | C− | 26 min | $72,074 |
| Johnstown | 4% | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $97,283 |
| Northampton | under 3% | B− | C− | 28 min | $72,065 |
| Benson | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Perth | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $91,914 |
| Broadalbin | under 3% | C+ | C− | 32 min | $74,591 |
| Bleecker | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Benson and Bleecker: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mayfield’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 Mayfield: questions
What is the median household income in Mayfield?
$72,074 (±$15,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mayfield?
15.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mayfield?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mayfield work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gloversville (12%, 7 mi), Johnstown (10%, 10 mi), Amsterdam (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Mayfield walkable?
Mayfield is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mayfield without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mayfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mayfield
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.