Most of Potter commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Potter C; getting around on foot earns it B−. There are 138 jobs in Potter, and 574 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Potter for work; outside it, Milo is the main destination (9%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Potter
Potter is a place people come home to
There are 138 jobs based in Potter, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Potter are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 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 574 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Potter’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Potter is better than 29% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Potter’s grade up (10.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Potter’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, Potter could be anywhere from D to B.
Who commutes out of Potter, and who commutes in
On a workday 561 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Potter on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
From Potter, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Potter workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 661 commuters (the 13% 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 towns that employ Potter’s residents
Where Potter 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.
Potter makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Potter, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 138. 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 Potter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Potter
About 21% 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 Potter commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Potter is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 763 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). 14.3% of Potter households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Potter’s commuters take a bus or train.
Potter places 3,460th of 5,656 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | 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+ |
| 4 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,458 | Field Township IL | 1,489 | $70K | 10.6% | 3.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,459 | Wayne Township IN | 1,645 | $64K | 12.1% | 4.6% | 1% | C |
| 3,460 | Potter NY | 1,825 | $67K | 10.0% | 2.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,461 | Milford Township PA | 1,454 | $69K | 11.2% | 2.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,462 | Nicholson Township PA | 1,650 | $65K | 9.1% | 2.3% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Potter, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
14% of Potter works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Gorham (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Potter’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 Potter: questions
What is the median household income in Potter?
$67,344 (±$19,297) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Potter?
10.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Potter?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Potter work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milo (9%, 11 mi), Canandaigua (7%, 13 mi), Gorham (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Potter walkable?
Potter is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Potter without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Potter, from the people who make the trip.
More of Potter
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.