John McGeer House · Photo: Doncram · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Moravia earn less than those in 72% of U.S. towns
13.2% of residents live below the poverty line (New York 14.0%). For jobs and income Moravia is better than 28% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (B). 6% of workers work from home, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Moravia, in a few figures
Moravia trades workers with the towns around it
Moravia has about as many jobs (1,349) as working residents (1,147), but they are mostly different people: 943 residents leave for work each day while 1,145 people come in. Only 15% of the jobs in Moravia are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Moravia are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Moravia
Unemployment holds Moravia’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moravia could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who leaves Moravia for work, and who comes in
On a workday 943 residents head out to work, 204 work right here, and 1,145 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Moravia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moravia workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,066 commuters (the 6% 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.
7% of working residents work in Auburn
Where Moravia clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
66% of the jobs in Moravia pay over $3,333 a month
1,349 jobs are based in Moravia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moravia, 2013 → 2023: 1,223 → 1,349. 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 Moravia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Moravia, by distance
About 23% 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.
Moravia is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,137 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). 12.5% of Moravia households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Moravia’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Moravia is 3,257th of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,255 | North Kingsville OH | 2,685 | $62K | 6.5% | 7.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,256 | Arbela Township MI | 2,770 | $65K | 13.4% | 5.2% | 1% | C |
| 3,257 | Moravia NY | 3,133 | $61K | 13.2% | 3.8% | 18% | C |
| 3,258 | Waddington NY | 2,220 | $80K | 11.3% | 3.3% | 5% | C |
| 3,259 | Newport VT | 2,583 | $71K | 8.9% | 0.0% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Moravia, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Moravia compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moravia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moravia | – | C | B | 25 min | $61,116 |
| Sempronius | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Niles | under 3% | C | C− | 26 min | $80,588 |
| Venice | under 3% | C+ | B | 21 min | $92,000 |
| Locke | under 3% | C− | D− | 23 min | $69,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sempronius: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moravia’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 Moravia: questions
What is the median household income in Moravia?
$61,116 (±$6,533) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moravia?
13.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moravia?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moravia work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn (7%, 16 mi), Lansing (5%, 13 mi), Ithaca (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moravia walkable?
Moravia is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moravia without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moravia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moravia
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.