Pulaski has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 1,356 people commute in to work
Household incomes here are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns. 1,558 jobs are based in Pulaski for 889 working residents. For jobs and income Pulaski is better than 11% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Pulaski
Pulaski and Richland trade workers both ways
Richland is the top workplace for Pulaski residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Pulaski come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pulaski is where the jobs are
Pulaski has 1,558 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Few Pulaski workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 889 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Pulaski
Job access by car holds Pulaski’s grade up (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($50,481, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Pulaski’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, Pulaski could be anywhere from D to C.
The daily trip into Pulaski
Where Pulaski clocks in
8% 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.
Who works in Pulaski, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 687 residents head out to work and 202 work right here.
About 2,900 people are in Pulaski on a workday afternoon, 29% more 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.
The trip to work from Pulaski: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pulaski workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 911 commuters (the 0% 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 kinds of work in Pulaski
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pulaski, 2013 → 2023: 1,661 → 1,558. 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 Pulaski’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Pulaski
About 19% 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.
For most of Pulaski, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 911 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). 12.4% of Pulaski households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pulaski’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pulaski places 4,501st of 5,328 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,499 | Jefferson Township IN | 1,933 | $64K | 16.9% | 4.0% | 7% | D |
| 4,500 | Elkton KY | 2,387 | $49K | 18.2% | 0.5% | 21% | D |
| 4,501 | Pulaski NY | 2,269 | $50K | 20.5% | 5.0% | 23% | D |
| 4,502 | Honey Grove TX | 1,806 | $47K | 13.1% | 2.8% | 5% | D |
| 4,503 | Greendale Township MI | 1,730 | $56K | 20.0% | 8.3% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | 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 Pulaski, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Pulaski: questions
What is the median household income in Pulaski?
$50,481 (±$20,981) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pulaski?
20.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pulaski?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pulaski work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richland (27%, 2 mi), Syracuse (8%, 36 mi), DeWitt (5%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pulaski walkable?
Pulaski is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pulaski without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pulaski, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pulaski
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.