Fredonia Commons Historic District · Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Pomfret are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns
22.6% of residents are in poverty; New York has 14.0%. For jobs and income Pomfret is better than 18% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (A−). About one in five work in Pomfret; the top destination outside it is Dunkirk (14%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Pomfret apart on work
Commutes from Pomfret are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Pomfret trades workers with the towns around it
Pomfret has about as many jobs (3,564) as working residents (4,042), but they are mostly different people: 3,264 residents leave for work each day while 2,786 people come in. Only 22% of the jobs in Pomfret are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Why Pomfret gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Pomfret’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pomfret could be anywhere from D to C+.
About 18 minutes each way for Pomfret’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pomfret workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,087 commuters (the 12% 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, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,264 residents head out to work, 778 work right here, and 2,786 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 (0.88 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.
The places Pomfret commutes to
Where Pomfret clocks in
14% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
The 3,564 jobs based in Pomfret
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pomfret, 2013 → 2023: 4,580 → 3,564. 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 Pomfret’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Pomfret goes to work
About 18% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Pomfret
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,770 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). 7.4% of Pomfret households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pomfret’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pomfret next to U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000: 2,104th of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,102 | Fort Campbell North KY | 11,356 | $59K | 11.7% | 17.4% | 4% | C− |
| 2,103 | Endicott NY | 13,068 | $47K | 29.0% | 5.8% | 14% | C− |
| 2,104 | Pomfret NY | 12,605 | $58K | 22.6% | 4.8% | 19% | C− |
| 2,105 | Connersville IN | 13,406 | $49K | 23.4% | 3.9% | 28% | C− |
| 2,106 | Keokuk IA | 9,510 | $53K | 18.3% | 4.9% | 45% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Pomfret, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 10% of Pomfret’s workers
The biggest share goes to Dunkirk (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pomfret workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomfret | – | C− | A− | 18 min | $57,746 |
| Portland | 3% | D | C | 19 min | $66,333 |
| Dunkirk | 7% | C+ | A− | 14 min | $67,045 |
| Arkwright | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Sheridan | under 3% | B+ | D | 24 min | $87,083 |
| Fredonia | under 3% | D | A− | 17 min | $50,433 |
| Stockton | under 3% | B− | B | 23 min | $73,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Arkwright: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pomfret’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 Pomfret: questions
What is the median household income in Pomfret?
$57,746 (±$9,989) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pomfret?
22.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pomfret?
18 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pomfret work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dunkirk (14%, 5 mi), Dunkirk (7%, 4 mi), Jamestown (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pomfret walkable?
Pomfret is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pomfret without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pomfret, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pomfret
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.