More people are out of work in Parish (8.7%) than in 91% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Parish; the top destination outside it is Syracuse (12%, 25 miles). Parish grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Commuters spend 32 minutes getting to work on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Parish, in brief
Parish’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Parish is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Parish’s grade up (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Parish could be anywhere from D to C+.
How far Parish’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
How many people are in Parish by day
On a workday 926 residents head out to work, 140 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Parish on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Parish to work: where people go
Where Parish clocks in
12% 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.
What Parish’s employers do
648 jobs are based in Parish.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parish, 2014 → 2024: 538 → 648. 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 Parish’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes to work from Parish
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parish workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 947 commuters (the 11% 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.
In Parish, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Parish is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Parish near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,068 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). 12.6% of Parish households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Parish’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Parish is 3,760th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | Caryville TN | 2,217 | $56K | 18.4% | 8.6% | 2% | C− |
| 3,759 | Waverly VA | 1,936 | $50K | 7.8% | 10.8% | 5% | C− |
| 3,760 | Parish NY | 2,400 | $68K | 15.3% | 8.7% | 13% | C− |
| 3,761 | Lehigh Township PA | 1,885 | $56K | 14.4% | 12.4% | 4% | C− |
| 3,762 | Liberty City TX | 2,648 | $63K | 16.8% | 10.4% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Parish, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Parish
The biggest share goes to Hastings (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Parish workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parish | – | C− | C− | 32 min | $68,164 |
| West Monroe | under 3% | B | D | 26 min | $90,558 |
| Mexico | under 3% | C | C | 25 min | $59,081 |
| Albion | under 3% | C− | D− | 27 min | $60,313 |
| Amboy | under 3% | D | D | 31 min | $65,234 |
| Hastings | 4% | C+ | C+ | 31 min | $84,027 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Parish’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 Parish: questions
What is the median household income in Parish?
$68,164 (±$11,800) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parish?
15.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parish?
32 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parish work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (12%, 25 mi), DeWitt (10%, 24 mi), Clay (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Parish walkable?
Parish is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Parish 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 Parish, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parish
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.