C. Burton Hotel · Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Neversink has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
About one in seven work in Neversink; the top destination outside it is Thompson (15%, 16 miles). Employers in Neversink report 523 jobs; 1,472 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Neversink is better than 47% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Neversink
Unemployment holds Neversink’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Neversink could be anywhere from D to A−.
Who commutes out of Neversink, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,270 residents head out to work, 202 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Neversink on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where Neversink goes to work
Where Neversink clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
65% of the jobs in Neversink pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Neversink, 2013 → 2023: 492 → 523. 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 Neversink’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Neversink: 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 Neversink workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,457 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far Neversink goes to work
About 28% 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.
Most of Neversink commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,711 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). 3.4% of Neversink households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Neversink’s commuters take a bus or train.
Neversink next to U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600: 2,339th of 4,402 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,337 | Richmond ME | 3,609 | $66K | 12.4% | 2.6% | 8% | B− |
| 2,338 | Oswegatchie NY | 3,976 | $85K | 13.8% | 2.1% | 13% | B− |
| 2,339 | Neversink NY | 3,383 | $81K | 8.0% | 3.3% | 14% | B− |
| 2,340 | Dover FL | 3,009 | $50K | 23.5% | 1.5% | 2% | B− |
| 2,341 | Lafourche Crossing LA | 2,790 | $73K | 28.4% | 1.2% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | 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 Neversink, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
22% of Neversink works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Fallsburg (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Neversink workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neversink | – | B− | C+ | 32 min | $80,682 |
| Fallsburg | 10% | D | B− | 22 min | $62,452 |
| Rockland | 2% | C | B− | 24 min | $52,778 |
| Wawarsing | 2% | C− | A− | 30 min | $64,321 |
| Denning | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Liberty | 8% | C− | A− | 25 min | $68,047 |
Same-state neighbors only. Denning: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Neversink’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 Neversink: questions
What is the median household income in Neversink?
$80,682 (±$27,870) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Neversink?
8.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Neversink?
32 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Neversink work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thompson (15%, 16 mi), New York City (11%, 90 mi), Fallsburg (10%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Neversink walkable?
Neversink is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Neversink without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Neversink, from the people who make the trip.
More of Neversink
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.