Gold Seal Winery · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Pulteney works elsewhere
161 jobs are based in Pulteney; 442 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Pulteney is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (C+). Only 8% work in Pulteney; the top destination outside it is Urbana (11%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Pulteney
Pulteney’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Pulteney’s grade up (6.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.8%) is left out: Pulteney’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, Pulteney could be anywhere from C− to B−.
About 26 minutes to work from Pulteney
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pulteney workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 380 commuters (the 9% 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.
How a workday changes Pulteney
On a workday 407 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Pulteney on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The places Pulteney commutes to
Where Pulteney 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.
Goods jobs make up 81% of work in Pulteney
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pulteney, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 161. 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 Pulteney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pulteney’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
Driving is how Pulteney gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 416 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). 8.1% of Pulteney households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pulteney’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Pulteney is 2,558th among 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,556 | Casner Township IL | 1,141 | $65K | 10.7% | 5.0% | 3% | C |
| 2,557 | Evans Township IL | 1,148 | $70K | 11.6% | 1.4% | 3% | C |
| 2,558 | Pulteney NY | 1,240 | $69K | 6.8% | 3.8% | 8% | C |
| 2,559 | Sidney IA | 1,051 | $81K | 10.0% | 0.8% | 11% | C |
| 2,560 | Rockdale Township PA | 1,356 | $71K | 10.4% | 4.1% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Pulteney, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Pulteney’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pulteney workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulteney | – | C | C+ | 26 min | $68,906 |
| Jerusalem | 3% | C+ | B | 24 min | $86,780 |
| Urbana | 11% | C+ | B | 22 min | $76,845 |
| Prattsburgh | 3% | C+ | B− | 28 min | $77,135 |
| Wayne | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wayne: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Urbana. Darker towns draw more of Pulteney’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 Pulteney: questions
What is the median household income in Pulteney?
$68,906 (±$7,555) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pulteney?
6.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pulteney?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pulteney work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urbana (11%, 8 mi), Milo (8%, 12 mi), Bath (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pulteney walkable?
Pulteney is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pulteney without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pulteney, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pulteney
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.