Redwood has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
29 jobs are based in Redwood for 136 working residents. Only 2% stay in Redwood for work; outside it, Alexandria is the main destination (17%, 4 miles). For 7% of workers, the job is at home, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Redwood: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 133 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Redwood on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Redwood work
Where Redwood clocks in
17% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 48% of the jobs in Redwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redwood, 2014 → 2024: 30 → 29. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Redwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from Redwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redwood workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 192 commuters (the 7% 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 commute from Redwood, by distance
About 29% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Redwood
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Redwood’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 2024, 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 Redwood: questions
What is the median household income in Redwood?
$109,643 (±$57,548) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redwood?
14.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redwood?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redwood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (17%, 4 mi), Watertown (13%, 23 mi), Philadelphia (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Redwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Redwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.