Photo: Otto Yamamoto · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Mentz commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
378 jobs are based in Mentz, and 889 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Mentz are C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Mentz is behind 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mentz and work: the main findings
The better-paid jobs are outside Mentz
61% of Mentz residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Mentz pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Few Mentz workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 889 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Mentz
On income, poverty and job access, Mentz is better than 18% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Mentz’s grade up (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Mentz’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, Mentz could be anywhere from D to C.
Jobs in Mentz: what the 378 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mentz, 2013 → 2023: 465 → 378. 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 Mentz’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from Mentz
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mentz workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 737 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 Mentz: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 831 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 320 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Mentz on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Auburn
Where Mentz clocks in
17% 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.
How far it is to work from Mentz
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 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 Mentz is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mentz is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Mentz 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 766 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). 13.3% of Mentz households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mentz’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mentz next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000: 4,307th of 5,641 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,305 | Franklinville NY | 1,632 | $72K | 15.2% | 5.1% | 14% | C− |
| 4,306 | Baldwin Township MI | 1,607 | $70K | 13.1% | 2.2% | 6% | C− |
| 4,307 | Mentz NY | 2,207 | $53K | 20.0% | 4.1% | 7% | C− |
| 4,308 | Rexland Acres CA | 2,760 | $56K | 25.4% | 10.1% | 1% | C− |
| 4,309 | Agua Fria NM | 2,898 | $65K | 25.3% | 7.9% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Mentz, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Mentz compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Brutus (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Mentz’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 Mentz: questions
What is the median household income in Mentz?
$52,602 (±$5,122) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mentz?
20.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mentz?
29 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 Mentz work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn (17%, 8 mi), Syracuse (6%, 25 mi), Elbridge (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mentz walkable?
Mentz is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mentz without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mentz, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mentz
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.