Households in Oriskany earn less than those in 69% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents; New York has 14.0%. For jobs and income Oriskany is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−). Only 6% work in Oriskany; the top destination outside it is Whitestown (22%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Oriskany and work: the main findings
Commutes from Oriskany are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 130 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Oriskany and Whitestown trade workers both ways
Whitestown is the top workplace for Oriskany residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Oriskany come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Oriskany residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. 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; with 510 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Oriskany
Job access by car holds Oriskany’s grade up (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($63,235, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Oriskany’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, Oriskany could be anywhere from C to B+.
About 16 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oriskany workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 549 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.
Where Oriskany goes to work
Where Oriskany clocks in
22% of workers
18% 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.
Oriskany’s commute, mile by mile
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily flow of workers through Oriskany
On a workday 477 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 578 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Oriskany: what the 611 are
611 jobs are based in Oriskany.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oriskany, 2013 → 2023: 452 → 611. 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 Oriskany’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Oriskany is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 612 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). 13.4% of Oriskany households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oriskany’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Oriskany is 2,110th among 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,108 | Lincoln VT | 1,400 | $97K | 7.5% | 4.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,109 | Eden VT | 1,291 | $84K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,110 | Oriskany NY | 1,329 | $63K | 11.0% | 4.2% | 6% | B− |
| 2,111 | Freedom PA | 1,442 | $74K | 20.4% | 2.3% | 3% | B− |
| 2,112 | Dresden ME | 1,792 | $75K | 9.3% | 1.2% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Oriskany, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Oriskany: questions
What is the median household income in Oriskany?
$63,235 (±$7,509) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oriskany?
11.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oriskany?
16 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 Oriskany work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Whitestown (22%, 2 mi), Utica (18%, 7 mi), Rome (10%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oriskany walkable?
Oriskany is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oriskany without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oriskany, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oriskany
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.