Scio has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
The two grades for Scio are D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Employers in Scio report 269 jobs for 590 working residents. Home is the office for 6% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Scio at work: what stands out
A lot of Scio works one town over
41% of working residents work in a town that borders Scio: Wellsville (35%) and Amity (6%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Scio 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 ↓
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 590 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Scio
On income, poverty and job access, Scio is better than 11% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Scio’s grade up ($62,426, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.5%) is left out: Scio’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, Scio could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Scio’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scio workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 580 commuters (the 6% 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 commutes out of Scio, and who commutes in
On a workday 571 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Scio on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
35% of working residents work in Wellsville
Where Scio clocks in
35% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scio, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 269. 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 Scio’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Scio
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.
For most of Scio, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scio is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 619 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 Scio households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Scio’s commuters take a bus or train.
Scio next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200: 5,040th of 6,161 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,038 | Middleport OH | 2,103 | $42K | 23.0% | 4.2% | 8% | D |
| 5,039 | McKinley Township MI | 1,285 | $54K | 12.2% | 8.2% | 8% | D |
| 5,040 | Scio NY | 1,623 | $62K | 17.6% | 7.5% | 3% | D |
| 5,041 | Boggs Township PA | 1,620 | $61K | 22.7% | 8.1% | 1% | D |
| 5,042 | Tok AK | 1,649 | $64K | 14.5% | 5.8% | — | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Scio, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
41% of Scio works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Wellsville (35%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scio workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scio | – | D | C+ | 21 min | $62,426 |
| Wellsville | 35% | C− | B− | 16 min | $63,227 |
| Amity | 6% | D | B | 23 min | $61,042 |
| Alma | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Wirt | under 2% | D− | C− | 31 min | $42,243 |
| Ward | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Andover | under 2% | C− | B− | 24 min | $64,688 |
Same-state neighbors only. Alma and Ward: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Scio’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 Scio: questions
What is the median household income in Scio?
$62,426 (±$10,893) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scio?
17.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scio?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scio work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wellsville (35%, 4 mi), Amity (6%, 5 mi), Olean (3%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Scio walkable?
Scio is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scio 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 Scio, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scio
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.