Saddle Rock’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 79.0 in New York City. 0.8% of residents live below the poverty line, against 14.0% across New York. Saddle Rock grades A+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Saddle Rock, in brief
More than half of Saddle Rock works in New York City
225 working residents, 55%, have their main job in New York City, 14 miles away. That’s far more as work in Saddle Rock itself. The commute map ↓
Saddle Rock workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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 410 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Saddle Rock’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Saddle Rock is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Saddle Rock’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Saddle Rock’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Saddle Rock stays A+.
55% of working residents work in New York City
Where Saddle Rock clocks in
55% of workers
7% 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.
About 38 minutes each way, longer than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saddle Rock workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 308 commuters (the 20% 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.
Saddle Rock by day and by night
On a workday 408 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Saddle Rock on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Saddle Rock
127 jobs are based in Saddle Rock.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saddle Rock, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 127. 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 Saddle Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Saddle Rock
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Saddle Rock
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Saddle Rock is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Saddle Rock 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 384 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% 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). 0.0% of Saddle Rock households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 18% of Saddle Rock’s commuters take a bus or train.
4th of 3,133: where Saddle Rock ranks among 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+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| 6 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 10 | Plandome Heights NY | 1,019 | $250K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Pittsford NY | 1,323 | $119K | 1.9% | 3.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Mill Neck NY | 1,010 | $196K | 5.7% | 6.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Saddle Rock, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Saddle Rock compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saddle Rock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Rock | – | A+ | A+ | 38 min | $175,625 |
| Harbor Hills | under 1% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Saddle Rock Estates | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Kings Point | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 30 min | $211,299 |
| Great Neck | under 1% | A− | A+ | 39 min | $137,981 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harbor Hills and Saddle Rock Estates: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Saddle Rock’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 Saddle Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Saddle Rock?
$175,625 (±$58,815) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saddle Rock?
0.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saddle Rock?
38 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saddle Rock work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (55%, 14 mi), North Hempstead (22%, 4 mi), Hempstead (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Saddle Rock walkable?
Saddle Rock is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.0 out of 20, and 24% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saddle Rock without a car?
18% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Saddle Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saddle Rock
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.