Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Mount Kisco’s household incomes are higher than in 74% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.5 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 79.0 in New York City. Poverty touches 8.2% of residents (New York 14.0%). The two grades for Mount Kisco are 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
Mount Kisco at work: what stands out
The biggest group of Mount Kisco’s workers comes from New York City
859 of the people who work in Mount Kisco live in New York City, 39 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
Mount Kisco is where the jobs are
Mount Kisco has 7,442 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Mount Kisco and New York City trade workers both ways
New York City is the top workplace for Mount Kisco residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Mount Kisco come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mount Kisco draws workers from far and wide
The 7,442 jobs in Mount Kisco are filled from a wide area. Mount Kisco’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 35%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Where Mount Kisco’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Kisco is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #245 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Mount Kisco’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Kisco could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Commuting in to Mount Kisco: where workers come from
Where Mount Kisco clocks in
30% of workers
4% 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 daily commute in and out of Mount Kisco
On a workday 4,340 residents head out to work, 537 work right here, and 6,905 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Mount Kisco on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
What Mount Kisco’s employers do
7,442 jobs are based in Mount Kisco.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Kisco, 2013 → 2023: 8,192 → 7,442. 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 Mount Kisco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way for Mount Kisco’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Kisco workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,227 commuters (the 22% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mount Kisco
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Mount Kisco
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Kisco is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #30 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Mount Kisco 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 5,434 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 36% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% 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). 8.5% of Mount Kisco households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 13% of Mount Kisco’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Kisco places 1,000th of 2,507 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Hastings-on-Hudson NY | 8,440 | $194K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 998 | Hoschton GA | 8,623 | $97K | 9.7% | 3.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 999 | Morris IL | 14,669 | $77K | 7.7% | 2.9% | 20% | B+ |
| 1,000 | Mount Kisco NY | 10,757 | $97K | 8.2% | 5.7% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,001 | Larkfield-Wikiup CA | 8,765 | $97K | 6.5% | 5.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,002 | Lumberton Township NJ | 13,171 | $113K | 7.5% | 7.2% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Mount Kisco, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Mount Kisco and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Bedford (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Kisco workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kisco | – | B+ | A+ | 33 min | $96,534 |
| New Castle | 3% | A+ | A | 45 min | $250,000+ |
| Bedford | 6% | A− | A | 41 min | $196,034 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Kisco’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 Mount Kisco: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Kisco?
$96,534 (±$10,657) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Kisco?
8.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Kisco?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Kisco work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (30%, 39 mi), Bedford (6%, 4 mi), Mount Pleasant (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Kisco walkable?
Mount Kisco is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.9 out of 20, and 20% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Kisco without a car?
13% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 36% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Kisco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Kisco
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.