Photo: Jim.henderson · Public domainHousehold incomes in Piermont are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Piermont grades A+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. 1.1% of residents live below the poverty line; New York has 14.0%. Only 5% work in Piermont itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (29%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Piermont: the figures worth knowing
Piermont workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 34 minutes). Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Piermont
72% of Piermont residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Piermont pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
29% of Piermont works in New York City
308 working residents, 29%, have their main job in New York City, 26 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Piermont itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Piermont
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Piermont is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #28 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Piermont’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Piermont could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Each way, about 43 minutes from Piermont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Piermont workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,194 commuters (the 21% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Piermont
342 jobs are based in Piermont.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Piermont, 2013 → 2023: 309 → 342. 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 Piermont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Piermont to work: where people go
Where Piermont clocks in
29% of workers
15% of workers
10% 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.
How many people are in Piermont by day
On a workday 1,004 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Piermont on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.32 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 2023, primary jobs.
How far Piermont’s workers travel
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.
Piermont is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Piermont is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #195 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 8.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,513 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). 5.0% of Piermont households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 12% of Piermont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500, Piermont ranks 167th of 5,083 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | Kingston Township OH | 2,690 | $112K | 3.9% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 166 | Jefferson MD | 3,314 | $151K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 167 | Piermont NY | 2,607 | $140K | 1.1% | 4.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 168 | Rush NY | 3,468 | $123K | 3.6% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 169 | Cambrian Park CA | 3,494 | $193K | 5.5% | 3.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | 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 Piermont, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Piermont
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Piermont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piermont | – | A+ | A | 43 min | $140,450 |
| Orangeburg | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Grand View-on-Hudson | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Sparkill | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Orangeburg and Sparkill: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Grand View-on-Hudson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Piermont’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 Piermont: questions
What is the median household income in Piermont?
$140,450 (±$30,360) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Piermont?
1.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Piermont?
43 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Piermont work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (29%, 26 mi), Orangetown (15%, 2 mi), Clarkstown (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Piermont walkable?
Piermont is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Piermont without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Piermont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Piermont
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.