Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of New Albion commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% stay in New Albion for work; outside it, Little Valley is the main destination (13%, 9 miles). New Albion has 119 jobs; 648 of its residents have a job. The two grades for New Albion are D for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where New Albion stands out on work
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in New Albion
On income, poverty and job access, New Albion is better than 7% of U.S. towns. Household income holds New Albion’s grade up ($60,893, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (9.7%) is left out: New Albion’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, New Albion could be anywhere from D− to C−.
In and out of New Albion on a workday
On a workday 635 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in New Albion on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ New Albion’s residents
Where New Albion clocks in
13% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in New Albion
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Albion, 2014 → 2024: 224 → 119. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Albion’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from New Albion: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Albion workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 762 commuters (the 10% 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 New Albion’s workers travel
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how New Albion gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Albion is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 843 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). 7.9% of New Albion households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Albion’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, New Albion is 5,257th among 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,255 | Sangerville ME | 1,336 | $50K | 13.5% | 6.9% | 2% | D |
| 5,256 | Friendship NY | 1,926 | $60K | 22.2% | 4.5% | 6% | D |
| 5,257 | New Albion NY | 1,925 | $61K | 23.0% | 9.7% | 2% | D |
| 5,258 | York Township OH | 2,241 | $57K | 19.2% | 4.3% | 4% | D |
| 5,259 | Perry Township OH | 2,356 | $59K | 16.3% | 17.5% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 New Albion, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to New Albion
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Albion workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Albion | – | D | B− | 33 min | $60,893 |
| Persia | 2% | D | B+ | 27 min | $54,495 |
| Mansfield | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Leon | under 3% | D | C+ | 35 min | $56,048 |
| Napoli | under 3% | C | C+ | 28 min | $91,932 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mansfield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Persia. Darker towns draw more of New Albion’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 2024, 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 New Albion: questions
What is the median household income in New Albion?
$60,893 (±$16,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Albion?
23.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Albion?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Albion work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Valley (13%, 9 mi), Salamanca (5%, 13 mi), Ellicottville (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is New Albion walkable?
New Albion is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Albion without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Albion, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Albion
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.