Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Moira commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
390 jobs are based in Moira, against 1,045 working residents. Moira grades D for jobs and income and D for walkability. For 1% of workers, the job is at home, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Moira
Few Moira workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
31% of Moira works in Malone
320 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Malone, 14 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Moira itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Moira
58% of Moira residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Moira pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Moira
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moira is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #738 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Moira’s grade up ($64,116, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moira could be anywhere from D− to B−.
How long Moira spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moira workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,272 commuters (the 1% 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.
31% of working residents work in Malone
Where Moira clocks in
31% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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 Moira’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moira, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 390. 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 Moira’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Moira by day and by night
On a workday 961 residents head out to work, 84 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Moira 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Moira
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.
Moira is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moira is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #718 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Moira 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 1,285 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). 15.0% of Moira households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Moira’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Moira compares with U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 11 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,415 | St. Albans ME | 2,176 | $66K | 23.2% | 2.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,416 | Wayne Township MI | 2,463 | $61K | 21.2% | 13.2% | 5% | D |
| 4,417 | Moira NY | 2,871 | $64K | 20.1% | 6.9% | 8% | D |
| 4,418 | Louisville GA | 2,237 | $50K | 15.3% | 3.5% | 17% | D |
| 4,419 | Parma ID | 2,203 | $49K | 21.3% | 3.6% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Moira, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to Moira
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moira workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moira | – | D | D | 32 min | $64,116 |
| Dickinson | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Bangor | under 2% | D | B− | 21 min | $65,000 |
| Brasher | under 2% | D | B− | 20 min | $53,911 |
| Bombay | under 2% | D− | C | 26 min | $29,805 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dickinson: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moira’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 Moira: questions
What is the median household income in Moira?
$64,116 (±$14,591) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moira?
20.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moira?
32 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moira work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Malone (31%, 14 mi), Massena (5%, 16 mi), Fort Covington (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moira walkable?
Moira is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moira without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moira, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moira
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.