Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Philmont has lower household incomes than 79% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Philmont; the top destination outside it is Hudson (16%, 7 miles). 21.6% of residents are in poverty; New York has 14.0%. The two grades for Philmont are D for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Philmont apart
Where Philmont’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Philmont is better than 9% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Philmont’s grade.
Unemployment (7.1%) is left out: Philmont’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, Philmont could be anywhere from D− to B−.
A commute of about 21 minutes in Philmont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Philmont workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 554 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.
The daily flow of workers through Philmont
On a workday 477 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 450 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 (0.94 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.
Out of Philmont to work: where people go
Where Philmont clocks in
16% of workers
12% of workers
11% 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 the 461 jobs in Philmont are
461 jobs are based in Philmont.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Philmont, 2013 → 2023: 290 → 461. 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 Philmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Philmont to work
About 29% 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.
Most of Philmont commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Philmont is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 598 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). 4.1% of Philmont households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Philmont’s commuters take a bus or train.
5,330th of 6,308: where Philmont ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Sebewaing MI | 1,678 | $48K | 13.1% | 6.4% | 7% | D |
| 5,329 | Sherburn MN | 1,040 | $60K | 22.7% | 9.1% | 9% | D |
| 5,330 | Philmont NY | 1,466 | $57K | 21.6% | 7.1% | 2% | D |
| 5,331 | Girardville PA | 1,325 | $42K | 20.8% | 5.1% | 1% | D |
| 5,332 | Beaver Creek Township MI | 1,628 | $61K | 17.7% | 6.4% | 8% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Philmont, 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 Philmont: questions
What is the median household income in Philmont?
$56,563 (±$11,079) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Philmont?
21.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Philmont?
21 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 Philmont work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hudson (16%, 7 mi), Claverack (12%, 3 mi), New York City (11%, 111 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Philmont walkable?
Philmont is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Philmont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Philmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Philmont
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.