Col. Sidney Berry House · Photo: Hammersit173 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Northumberland works elsewhere
Only 5% work in Northumberland; the top destination outside it is Saratoga Springs (15%, 10 miles). There are 619 jobs in Northumberland, and 2,505 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Northumberland is better than 51% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Northumberland, in a few figures
Commutes from Northumberland are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Northumberland is a place people come home to
There are 619 jobs based in Northumberland, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Northumberland has about 3,300 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Northumberland makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Northumberland are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Northumberland residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Northumberland has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Northumberland went from 457 in 2014 to 619 in 2024, +35%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Northumberland’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Northumberland’s grade up ($91,178, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Northumberland could be anywhere from C to A−.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Northumberland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Northumberland workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,342 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 a workday changes Northumberland
On a workday 2,380 residents head out to work, 125 work right here, and 494 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Northumberland on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
In Northumberland, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Northumberland, 2014 → 2024: 457 → 619. 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 Northumberland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Northumberland: the destinations
Where Northumberland clocks in
15% of workers
6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Northumberland
About 15% 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.
Most of Northumberland commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,609 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). 2.7% of Northumberland households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Northumberland’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Northumberland is 1,990th of 3,696 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 7,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 21 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,988 | Central Gardens TX | 3,976 | $84K | 12.7% | 5.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,989 | Springville NY | 4,194 | $72K | 10.5% | 3.4% | 23% | B− |
| 1,990 | Northumberland NY | 5,181 | $91K | 7.7% | 5.9% | 5% | B− |
| 1,991 | Colebrookdale Township PA | 5,184 | $90K | 10.3% | 9.0% | 6% | B− |
| 1,992 | St. Augustine Beach FL | 6,810 | $101K | 8.1% | 6.7% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,696 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Northumberland, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
13% of Northumberland works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Wilton (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Northumberland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland | – | B− | D | 24 min | $91,178 |
| Fort Edward | under 3% | C | C | 24 min | $70,366 |
| Greenwich | under 3% | B | C+ | 32 min | $73,537 |
| Wilton | 7% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $98,854 |
| Saratoga | 3% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $101,313 |
| Moreau | 3% | B− | C | 22 min | $81,317 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Northumberland’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 Northumberland: questions
What is the median household income in Northumberland?
$91,178 (±$15,342) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Northumberland?
7.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Northumberland?
24 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 Northumberland work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saratoga Springs (15%, 10 mi), Wilton (7%, 5 mi), Queensbury (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Northumberland walkable?
Northumberland is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Northumberland without a car?
0% 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 Northumberland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Northumberland
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.