Photo: Webb_Herkimer_NY.png: Schzmo *derivative work: Liesel · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Schuyler works elsewhere
Home is the office for 5% of workers (New York 15%). There are 270 jobs in Schuyler, and 1,484 of its residents work somewhere. Schuyler grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Schuyler, in brief
Commutes from Schuyler are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Schuyler is a place people come home to
There are 270 jobs based in Schuyler, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Schuyler has about 2,000 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Schuyler works one town over
29% of working residents work in a town that borders Schuyler: Utica (21%), Herkimer (5%) and Frankfort (3%). Next door ↓
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.
What’s behind Schuyler’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Schuyler is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #490 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Schuyler’s grade up (7.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Schuyler could be anywhere from C− to A.
About 21 minutes to work from Schuyler
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Schuyler workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,534 commuters (the 5% 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.
Who works in Schuyler, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,438 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 224 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Schuyler on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
21% of working residents work in Utica
Where Schuyler clocks in
21% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 29% of work in Schuyler
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schuyler, 2013 → 2023: 357 → 270. 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 Schuyler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Schuyler’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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 Schuyler commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Schuyler is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #734 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,618 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.3% of Schuyler households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Schuyler’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Schuyler is 2,657th among 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,655 | Cresco IA | 3,925 | $61K | 13.4% | 1.2% | 44% | C+ |
| 2,656 | Slippery Rock PA | 3,551 | $52K | 33.8% | 5.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,657 | Schuyler NY | 3,263 | $65K | 7.8% | 6.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,658 | Clay Center KS | 4,061 | $63K | 13.1% | 1.1% | 47% | C+ |
| 2,659 | Danville PA | 4,101 | $59K | 14.0% | 3.7% | 10% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Schuyler, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Schuyler and its neighbors: 29% work next door
The biggest share goes to Utica (21%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Schuyler workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schuyler | – | C+ | D | 21 min | $65,469 |
| Frankfort | 3% | B | C+ | 28 min | $62,861 |
| Frankfort | under 4% | B− | A− | 27 min | $50,909 |
| Newport | under 4% | C | C | 31 min | $79,727 |
| Herkimer | 5% | C− | A− | 22 min | $56,287 |
| Deerfield | under 4% | A | C+ | 21 min | $101,029 |
| Utica | 21% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $52,484 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Schuyler’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 Schuyler: questions
What is the median household income in Schuyler?
$65,469 (±$17,175) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schuyler?
7.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Schuyler?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Schuyler work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (21%, 7 mi), New Hartford (10%, 10 mi), Herkimer (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Schuyler walkable?
Schuyler is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Schuyler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Schuyler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schuyler
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.