Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Middleport have lower incomes than those in 62% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Middleport itself; outside it, Royalton draws the most (13%, 6 miles). Below the poverty line: 7.6% of residents (New York 14.0%). Middleport grades B− 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
Income, poverty and work: Middleport’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Middleport is better than 51% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Middleport’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($67,375, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Middleport’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, Middleport could be anywhere from C to B+.
A workday in Middleport: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 737 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 409 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Middleport on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Middleport: the destinations
Where Middleport clocks in
9% 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.
Jobs in Middleport: what the 477 are
477 jobs are based in Middleport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middleport, 2013 → 2023: 480 → 477. 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 Middleport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Middleport: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middleport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 827 commuters (the 9% 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.
How far Middleport goes to work
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.
Middleport is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Middleport is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Middleport 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 909 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). 8.1% of Middleport households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Middleport’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Middleport ranks: 2,113th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,111 | West Bethlehem Township PA | 1,284 | $65K | 4.4% | 1.6% | 6% | B− |
| 2,112 | Milford Township PA | 1,606 | $85K | 7.8% | 4.2% | 8% | B− |
| 2,113 | Middleport NY | 1,692 | $67K | 7.6% | 5.6% | 8% | B− |
| 2,114 | Bradford NH | 1,723 | $108K | 9.6% | 1.2% | 12% | B− |
| 2,115 | Gallatin NY | 1,616 | $89K | 6.8% | 12.1% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Middleport, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Middleport: questions
What is the median household income in Middleport?
$67,375 (±$12,789) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middleport?
7.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middleport?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middleport work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Royalton (13%, 6 mi), Amherst (9%, 20 mi), Ridgeway (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Middleport walkable?
Middleport is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Middleport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Middleport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middleport
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.