Richford has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Richford C−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Richford has 43 jobs; 431 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Richford for work; outside it, Ithaca is the main destination (13%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Richford stands out on work
Where Richford’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Richford is better than 20% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Richford’s grade.
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Richford’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, Richford could be anywhere from D to C+.
A workday in Richford: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 423 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Richford on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Out of Richford to work: where people go
Where Richford clocks in
13% of workers
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.
Jobs in Richford: what the 43 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richford, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 43. 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 Richford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Richford, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richford workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 281 commuters (the 22% 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.
Half of Richford commutes less than 19 miles
About 20% 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 Richford commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richford is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Richford near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 360 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). 5.1% of Richford households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Richford’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Richford is 2,114th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,112 | Burns NY | 1,011 | $64K | 11.6% | 7.6% | 8% | C− |
| 2,113 | Bellmont NY | 1,328 | $70K | 11.1% | 5.8% | 3% | C− |
| 2,114 | Richford NY | 1,018 | $66K | 14.1% | 2.1% | 2% | C− |
| 2,115 | Fairfield Township OH | 1,124 | $65K | 17.4% | 5.1% | 1% | C− |
| 2,116 | Ethete WY | 1,326 | $81K | 15.5% | 28.6% | 13% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Richford, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Richford and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Richford’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 Richford: questions
What is the median household income in Richford?
$65,833 (±$11,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richford?
14.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richford?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richford work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ithaca (13%, 18 mi), Ithaca (8%, 16 mi), Lansing (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richford walkable?
Richford is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richford
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.