Pittsfield has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
144 jobs are based in Pittsfield for 615 working residents. Jobs and income earn Pittsfield D; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 3% work in Pittsfield itself; outside it, Otsego draws the most (12%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pittsfield: the gist
Pittsfield is a place people come home to
There are 144 jobs based in Pittsfield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pittsfield has about 830 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Pittsfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 615 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Pittsfield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Pittsfield is better than 10% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Pittsfield’s grade up ($66,917, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (23.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (7.0%) is left out: Pittsfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pittsfield could be anywhere from D to C.
Who commutes out of Pittsfield, and who commutes in
On a workday 599 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Pittsfield on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Pittsfield’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pittsfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 395 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.
Out of Pittsfield to work: where people go
Where Pittsfield clocks in
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.
Making and building: 38% of jobs based in Pittsfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pittsfield, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 144. 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 Pittsfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Pittsfield, by distance
About 26% 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 Pittsfield, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pittsfield is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Pittsfield 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 481 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). 7.9% of Pittsfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pittsfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Pittsfield comes 4,418th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,416 | Lexington TX | 1,342 | $56K | 15.6% | 10.9% | 3% | D |
| 4,417 | Hodgdon ME | 1,296 | $55K | 12.1% | 1.5% | 4% | D |
| 4,418 | Pittsfield NY | 1,304 | $67K | 23.0% | 7.0% | 3% | D |
| 4,419 | Marion Township OH | 1,185 | $62K | 15.8% | 7.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,420 | Honalo HI | 1,071 | $63K | 14.6% | 4.2% | 0% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Pittsfield, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 14% of Pittsfield’s workers
The biggest share goes to Edmeston (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pittsfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield | – | D | D− | 24 min | $66,917 |
| New Berlin | 4% | D | C− | 20 min | $62,159 |
| New Berlin | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Columbus | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| New Lisbon | under 3% | C+ | C | 29 min | $84,750 |
| Edmeston | 10% | D | C | 25 min | $67,639 |
| Morris | under 3% | C | C− | 26 min | $76,056 |
Same-state neighbors only. New Berlin: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Columbus: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pittsfield’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 Pittsfield: questions
What is the median household income in Pittsfield?
$66,917 (±$7,482) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pittsfield?
23.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pittsfield?
24 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 Pittsfield work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Otsego (12%, 18 mi), Edmeston (10%, 7 mi), New York City (7%, 152 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pittsfield walkable?
Pittsfield is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pittsfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pittsfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pittsfield
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.