Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Mayville has 3.7 jobs per working resident, and 1,840 people come in to work
Commuters spend 19 minutes getting to work on average; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26. Employers in Mayville report 1,940 jobs, and 523 of its residents work somewhere. Mayville grades C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mayville, in a few figures
Mayville has far more jobs than workers
Mayville has 1,940 jobs, 3.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,900 people are in town, 96% more than the 1,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Mayville and Chautauqua trade workers both ways
Chautauqua is the top workplace for Mayville residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Mayville come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Mayville are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 107 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 523 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Mayville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Mayville is better than 22% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Mayville’s grade up ($68,611, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (8.2%) is left out: Mayville’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, Mayville could be anywhere from D to C+.
A workday in Mayville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 423 residents head out to work and 100 work right here.
About 2,900 people are in Mayville on a workday afternoon, 96% 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 Mayville
Where Mayville clocks in
29% of workers
9% 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.
About 19 minutes each way for Mayville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mayville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 409 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.
In Mayville, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mayville, 2013 → 2023: 2,266 → 1,940. 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 Mayville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Mayville goes to work
About 27% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Mayville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mayville is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 455 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). 8.3% of Mayville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mayville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Mayville ranks 4,208th of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,206 | Porterdale GA | 1,913 | $50K | 25.6% | 3.6% | 0% | C− |
| 4,207 | Morgantown IN | 1,007 | $54K | 15.0% | 16.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,208 | Mayville NY | 1,474 | $69K | 14.6% | 8.2% | 19% | C− |
| 4,209 | Ellenburg NY | 1,788 | $73K | 12.4% | 0.9% | 5% | C− |
| 4,210 | Westport NY | 1,272 | $71K | 11.0% | 13.1% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Mayville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
29% of Mayville works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mayville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayville | – | C− | A− | 19 min | $68,611 |
| Chautauqua | 29% | C− | B | 22 min | $68,795 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Chautauqua. Darker towns draw more of Mayville’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 Mayville: questions
What is the median household income in Mayville?
$68,611 (±$15,294) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mayville?
14.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mayville?
19 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 Mayville work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chautauqua (29%, 1 mi), Jamestown (9%, 17 mi), Ellicott (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mayville walkable?
Mayville is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mayville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mayville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mayville
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.