Parishville has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 311 jobs in Parishville, against 697 working residents. Jobs and income earn Parishville C−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Home is the office for 7% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Parishville, in a few figures
A lot of Parishville works one town over
31% of working residents work in a town that borders Parishville: Potsdam (24%) and Colton (7%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Parishville are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 697 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Parishville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Parishville is better than 22% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Parishville’s grade up ($77,095, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.0%) is left out: Parishville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Parishville could be anywhere from D to B−.
About 23 minutes to work from Parishville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parishville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 679 commuters (the 7% 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.
Who leaves Parishville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 647 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Parishville on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
24% of working residents work in Potsdam
Where Parishville clocks in
14% 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.
69% of the jobs in Parishville pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parishville, 2014 → 2024: 370 → 311. 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 Parishville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Parishville
About 25% 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.
Few in Parishville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Parishville is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Parishville 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 730 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). 2.6% of Parishville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Parishville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Parishville ranks: 3,933rd of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,931 | Ingram TX | 1,846 | $45K | 21.1% | 2.7% | 7% | C− |
| 3,932 | Shell Lake WI | 1,414 | $58K | 8.9% | 0.5% | 12% | C− |
| 3,933 | Parishville NY | 1,990 | $77K | 13.5% | 6.0% | 7% | C− |
| 3,934 | Morgan Township OH | 2,262 | $47K | 17.9% | 2.5% | 24% | C− |
| 3,935 | Neave Township OH | 2,199 | $52K | 16.5% | 4.6% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Parishville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 31% of Parishville
The biggest share goes to Potsdam (24%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Parishville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishville | – | C− | D− | 23 min | $77,095 |
| Colton | 7% | C− | C | 28 min | $69,156 |
| Pierrepont | under 2% | B− | D− | 24 min | $92,500 |
| Hopkinton | under 2% | D | D− | 25 min | $61,125 |
| Stockholm | under 2% | C+ | D− | 23 min | $77,097 |
| Potsdam | 24% | D | A− | 18 min | $53,302 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Parishville’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 Parishville: questions
What is the median household income in Parishville?
$77,095 (±$10,456) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parishville?
13.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parishville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parishville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Potsdam (24%, 15 mi), Canton (14%, 21 mi), Colton (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Parishville walkable?
Parishville is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Parishville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parishville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parishville
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.