Newfield Covered Bridge · Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0Newfield has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 6% work in Newfield itself; outside it, Ithaca draws the most (26%, 9 miles). There are 475 jobs in Newfield, against 2,081 working residents. For jobs and income Newfield is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); 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 sets Newfield apart on work
Newfield is a place people come home to
There are 475 jobs based in Newfield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Newfield has about 3,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Newfield 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 ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Newfield
The poverty rate holds Newfield’s grade up (8.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newfield could be anywhere from D to A−.
Who works in Newfield, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,952 residents head out to work, 129 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Newfield on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Newfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,228 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.
Where the trip to work from Newfield ends
Where Newfield clocks in
26% of workers
21% 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.
What Newfield’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newfield, 2013 → 2023: 478 → 475. 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 Newfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Newfield commutes
About 20% 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.
Few in Newfield walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,569 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). 8.2% of Newfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Newfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Newfield is 2,392nd of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,390 | Cloverdale Township IN | 4,084 | $66K | 10.6% | 4.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,391 | Big Rapids Township MI | 4,096 | $64K | 20.0% | 2.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,392 | Newfield NY | 4,832 | $74K | 8.9% | 5.1% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,393 | Angels CA | 3,735 | $62K | 11.2% | 2.2% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,394 | Cozad NE | 3,924 | $54K | 10.9% | 1.3% | 36% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | 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 Newfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 21% of Newfield
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newfield | – | C+ | C+ | 26 min | $74,333 |
| Enfield | under 2% | B | C+ | 31 min | $94,750 |
| Danby | under 2% | A− | D− | 22 min | $99,886 |
| Catharine | under 2% | D | D | 25 min | $58,500 |
| West Danby | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Cayuta | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Van Etten | under 2% | C− | C | 34 min | $61,620 |
| Ithaca | 21% | B | A− | 17 min | $105,978 |
Same-state neighbors only. West Danby: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Cayuta: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ithaca. Darker towns draw more of Newfield’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 Newfield: questions
What is the median household income in Newfield?
$74,333 (±$19,714) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newfield?
8.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newfield?
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 Newfield work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ithaca (26%, 9 mi), Ithaca (21%, 6 mi), Lansing (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newfield walkable?
Newfield is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newfield without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newfield
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.