Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Middleville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Middleville report 31 jobs, and 163 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Middleville for work; outside it, Herkimer is the main destination (15%, 6 miles). The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Middleville, and who commutes in
On a workday 162 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Middleville on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
The towns that employ Middleville’s residents
Where Middleville clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
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.
The kinds of work in Middleville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middleville, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 31. 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 Middleville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middleville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 186 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where in the region Middleville works
About 31% 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.
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 Middleville: questions
What is the median household income in Middleville?
$84,125 (±$29,557) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middleville?
7.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middleville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middleville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Herkimer (15%, 6 mi), Utica (10%, 13 mi), New Hartford (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Middleville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Middleville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middleville
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.