Hillside Cemetery · Photo: Steven Hamsness · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Murray commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Murray report 876 jobs, against 2,050 working residents. Jobs and income earn Murray C+; getting around on foot earns it C−. About one in ten work in Murray; the top destination outside it is Rochester (14%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Murray in brief
Commutes from Murray are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Murray are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Murray’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Murray is Rochester, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (287) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Murray
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Murray is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #531 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Murray’s grade up (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Murray could be anywhere from C− to B.
About 26 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Murray workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,918 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.
The kinds of work in Murray
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Murray, 2013 → 2023: 867 → 876. 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 Murray’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Murray
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.
Murray by day and by night
On a workday 1,834 residents head out to work, 216 work right here, and 660 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Murray on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Murray’s residents
Where Murray clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Murray is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Murray is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #676 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,199 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). 4.8% of Murray households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Murray’s commuters take a bus or train.
Murray is 2,582nd of 3,867 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,580 | Duncan SC | 4,675 | $53K | 12.4% | 5.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,581 | Cockrell Hill TX | 3,638 | $52K | 11.2% | 11.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,582 | Murray NY | 4,744 | $65K | 10.0% | 6.6% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,583 | Buies Creek NC | 3,746 | $54K | 40.7% | 1.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,584 | Three Rivers OR | 3,995 | $87K | 7.1% | 6.9% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | 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 Murray, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Around Murray: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Murray workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray | – | C+ | C− | 26 min | $65,077 |
| Clarendon | under 3% | B− | D− | 32 min | $57,604 |
| Kendall | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $87,734 |
| Holley | under 3% | B− | C | 26 min | $64,600 |
| Clarkson | under 3% | A− | B | 28 min | $83,286 |
| Gaines | under 3% | C− | C | 28 min | $56,582 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Murray’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 Murray: questions
What is the median household income in Murray?
$65,077 (±$5,484) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Murray?
10.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Murray?
26 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 Murray work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (14%, 23 mi), Sweden (7%, 9 mi), Greece (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Murray walkable?
Murray is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Murray without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Murray, from the people who make the trip.
More of Murray
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.