Old Episcopal Manse · Photo: Robert Drake · CC BY-SA 3.0Prattsville has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 6% of workers, against 15% across New York. 95 jobs are based in Prattsville, against 286 working residents. About one in ten stay in Prattsville for work; outside it, Windham is the main destination (16%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Prattsville on a workday
On a workday 262 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Prattsville on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where the trip to work from Prattsville ends
Where Prattsville clocks in
9% 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 Prattsville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prattsville, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 95. 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 Prattsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Prattsville: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prattsville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 305 commuters (the 6% 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 distance from Prattsville to work
About 28% 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.
Around Prattsville: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prattsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prattsville | – | — | — | 33 min | $43,688 |
| Ashland | 6% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Conesville | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Lexington | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Roxbury | under 3% | C | B | 23 min | $58,042 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ashland: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Conesville and Lexington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ashland. Darker towns draw more of Prattsville’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 Prattsville: questions
What is the median household income in Prattsville?
$43,688 (±$16,009) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prattsville?
13.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prattsville?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prattsville work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Windham (16%, 10 mi), New York City (9%, 117 mi), Ashland (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Prattsville without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Prattsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prattsville
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.