Photo: Pooley1999 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Rushford commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Rushford report 101 jobs; 375 of its residents have a job. Rushford grades D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Rushford apart on work
Rushford is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Rushford, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rushford has about 800 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Rushford are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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 375 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Rushford
On income, poverty and job access, Rushford is better than 10% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Rushford’s grade up ($58,977, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.8%) is left out: Rushford’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, Rushford could be anywhere from D− to C.
Rushford by day and by night
On a workday 370 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Rushford on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Time on the road from Rushford: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rushford workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 336 commuters (the 17% 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.
8% of working residents work in Belfast
Where Rushford 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.
What Rushford’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rushford, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 101. 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 Rushford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Rushford’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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 Rushford commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rushford is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 406 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). 3.1% of Rushford households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rushford’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rushford is 3,115th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,113 | Williamstown PA | 1,298 | $62K | 22.7% | 11.7% | 2% | D |
| 3,114 | Sister Bay WI | 1,177 | $71K | 24.7% | 0.7% | 18% | D |
| 3,115 | Rushford NY | 1,075 | $59K | 16.2% | 3.8% | 1% | D |
| 3,116 | Wabeno WI | 1,100 | $61K | 15.2% | 7.2% | 16% | D |
| 3,117 | Fremont NC | 1,237 | $52K | 28.2% | 6.7% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Rushford, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Rushford
The biggest share goes to Caneadea (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rushford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushford | – | D | B− | 23 min | $58,977 |
| Caneadea | 6% | C+ | B | 20 min | $82,563 |
| Farmersville | under 2% | D− | C+ | 25 min | $48,295 |
| New Hudson | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Centerville | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Freedom | 2% | C+ | D | 28 min | $73,646 |
| Houghton | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. New Hudson and Centerville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Houghton: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rushford’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 Rushford: questions
What is the median household income in Rushford?
$58,977 (±$15,996) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rushford?
16.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rushford?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rushford work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belfast (8%, 9 mi), Cuba (7%, 13 mi), Caneadea (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rushford walkable?
Rushford is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rushford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rushford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rushford
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.