Photo: User:Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Painted Post trail those of 69% of U.S. towns
12.4% of residents live below the poverty line (New York 14.0%). For jobs and income Painted Post is better than 36% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (A−). Only 8% work in Painted Post; the top destination outside it is Corning (25%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Painted Post
Painted Post is where the jobs are
Painted Post has 1,252 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Painted Post and Corning trade workers both ways
Corning is the top workplace for Painted Post residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Painted Post come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Painted Post are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 123 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; with 733 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Painted Post’s grade
Job access by car holds Painted Post’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,891, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (9.1%) is left out: Painted Post’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, Painted Post could be anywhere from C− to B.
In and out of Painted Post on a workday
On a workday 676 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 1,195 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Painted Post on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Painted Post
Where Painted Post clocks in
25% of workers
20% of workers
7% 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.
About 17 minutes each way for Painted Post’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Painted Post workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 741 commuters (the 14% 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.
Painted Post works in goods: 28% of its jobs
1,252 jobs are based in Painted Post.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Painted Post, 2013 → 2023: 1,494 → 1,252. 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 Painted Post’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Painted Post
About 23% 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.
Painted Post is easy on foot, hard by bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 860 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). 12.4% of Painted Post households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Painted Post’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Painted Post is 3,008th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,006 | Goodhue MN | 1,247 | $89K | 16.9% | 3.7% | 6% | C+ |
| 3,007 | Atkinson NE | 1,316 | $79K | 7.8% | 1.5% | 42% | C+ |
| 3,008 | Painted Post NY | 1,704 | $63K | 12.4% | 9.1% | 8% | C+ |
| 3,009 | Saxonburg PA | 1,368 | $45K | 10.4% | 2.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 3,010 | Castine ME | 1,310 | $114K | 14.1% | 2.7% | 20% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Painted Post, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
27% of Painted Post works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Erwin (20%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Painted Post workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Painted Post | – | C+ | A− | 17 min | $62,891 |
| Gang Mills | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Corning | 7% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $88,482 |
| Erwin | 20% | B | B+ | 15 min | $88,333 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gang Mills: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Painted Post’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 Painted Post: questions
What is the median household income in Painted Post?
$62,891 (±$14,207) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Painted Post?
12.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Painted Post?
17 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Painted Post work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corning (25%, 2 mi), Erwin (20%, 3 mi), Corning (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Painted Post walkable?
Painted Post is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Painted Post without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Painted Post, from the people who make the trip.
More of Painted Post
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.