At 2.2%, unemployment in Pawling is lower than in 82% of U.S. towns
About one in five stay in Pawling for work; outside it, Pawling is the main destination (25%, 0 miles). The two grades for Pawling are B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Pawling, in brief
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Pawling
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pawling is better than 72% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pawling could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where Pawling’s working residents head each day
Where Pawling clocks in
15% 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.
In and out of Pawling on a workday
On a workday 741 residents head out to work, 158 work right here, and 656 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 (0.91 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.
What work there is in Pawling: 814 jobs
814 jobs are based in Pawling.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pawling, 2013 → 2023: 854 → 814. 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 Pawling’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Pawling: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pawling workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 897 commuters (the 18% 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.
The distance from Pawling to work
About 24% 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.
In Pawling, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pawling is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Pawling 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 1,094 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 50% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 13.8% of Pawling households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Pawling’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pawling is 1,160th of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 3% | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,158 | Eden Lake Township MN | 1,661 | $107K | 4.0% | 1.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,159 | Taylor Township PA | 2,255 | $79K | 4.1% | 2.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,160 | Pawling NY | 2,070 | $87K | 8.8% | 2.2% | 18% | B+ |
| 1,161 | Lennox SD | 2,657 | $82K | 9.6% | 1.0% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,162 | Cherry Grove Township MI | 2,444 | $97K | 5.2% | 1.1% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pawling, 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 Pawling: questions
What is the median household income in Pawling?
$86,792 (±$5,100) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pawling?
8.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pawling?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pawling work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pawling (25%, 0 mi), New York City (15%, 65 mi), Southeast (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pawling walkable?
Pawling is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pawling without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pawling, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pawling
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.