Northrup-Gilbert House · Photo: Josh Peelman · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Schroeppel commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
1,285 jobs are based in Schroeppel; 3,678 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Schroeppel is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (B). Only 7% work in Schroeppel; the top destination outside it is Syracuse (18%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Schroeppel apart on work
Jobs in Schroeppel have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Schroeppel went from 609 in 2013 to 1,285 in 2023, +111%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Schroeppel 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 ↓
Schroeppel empties out on a workday
About 5,600 people are in Schroeppel on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 8,000 who live here: 3,400 head out to work and 1,000 come in. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Schroeppel’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Schroeppel’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Schroeppel could be anywhere from C− to B.
What Schroeppel’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schroeppel, 2013 → 2023: 609 → 1,285. 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 Schroeppel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Schroeppel
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Schroeppel workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,163 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.
The daily flow of workers through Schroeppel
On a workday 3,429 residents head out to work, 249 work right here, and 1,036 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,600 people are in Schroeppel on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where Schroeppel’s working residents head each day
Where Schroeppel clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
The distance from Schroeppel to work
About 17% 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.
The commute in Schroeppel is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,492 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 28% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 28% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 9.2% of Schroeppel households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Schroeppel’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Schroeppel ranks: 2,027th of 2,981 U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,025 | Sitka AK | 8,319 | $102K | 7.5% | 6.8% | — | C+ |
| 2,026 | West Athens CA | 8,726 | $67K | 15.3% | 10.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,027 | Schroeppel NY | 7,956 | $73K | 15.0% | 5.4% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,028 | Mount Pleasant Township PA | 9,962 | $68K | 13.3% | 5.3% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,029 | Tunkhannock Township PA | 6,960 | $70K | 7.8% | 4.6% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,981 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Schroeppel, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 14% of Schroeppel’s workers
The biggest share goes to Clay (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Schroeppel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schroeppel | – | C+ | B | 23 min | $73,082 |
| Clay | 9% | B+ | B | 21 min | $90,707 |
| Lysander | 5% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $107,984 |
| Granby | under 3% | B− | B− | 31 min | $79,338 |
| Volney | under 3% | C | D | 22 min | $74,848 |
| Phoenix | under 3% | C | B+ | 21 min | $59,327 |
| Hastings | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 31 min | $84,027 |
| Palermo | under 3% | C+ | D | 27 min | $71,548 |
| Radisson | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Radisson: 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 Schroeppel’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 Schroeppel: questions
What is the median household income in Schroeppel?
$73,082 (±$8,657) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schroeppel?
15.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Schroeppel?
23 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 Schroeppel work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (18%, 16 mi), Clay (9%, 7 mi), DeWitt (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Schroeppel walkable?
Schroeppel is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Schroeppel without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 28% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Schroeppel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schroeppel
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.