Sennett Federated Church and Parsonage · Photo: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0Sennett has higher household incomes than 78% of U.S. towns
Sennett grades B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. 5.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 14.0% across New York. Only 5% work in Sennett itself; outside it, Auburn draws the most (22%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Sennett
Sennett trades workers with the towns around it
Sennett has about as many jobs (1,435) as working residents (1,484), but they are mostly different people: 1,408 residents leave for work each day while 1,359 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Sennett are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Sennett 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 ↓
A lot of Sennett works one town over
39% of working residents work in a town that borders Sennett: Auburn (22%), Skaneateles (8%) and Owasco (4%). Next door ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Sennett are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
Sennett’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sennett is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #216 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sennett could be anywhere from B− to A.
How many people are in Sennett by day
On a workday 1,408 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 1,359 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Sennett’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sennett workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,359 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.
In Sennett, 30% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,435 jobs are based in Sennett.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sennett, 2013 → 2023: 1,423 → 1,435. 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 Sennett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Sennett work
Where Sennett clocks in
22% of workers
9% of workers
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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Sennett
About 18% 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 Sennett commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sennett is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #466 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,486 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 43% 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 8.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 2.3% of Sennett households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sennett’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400, Sennett ranks 1,076th of 4,453 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,074 | Mineral Point WI | 2,555 | $81K | 3.5% | 0.8% | 21% | B+ |
| 1,075 | Pleasant Township IN | 3,092 | $76K | 4.9% | 3.6% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,076 | Sennett NY | 3,258 | $102K | 5.1% | 4.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,077 | Bunk Foss WA | 3,627 | $155K | 6.5% | 6.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,078 | Versailles OH | 2,723 | $71K | 5.3% | 0.3% | 25% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Sennett, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
39% of Sennett works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sennett workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sennett | – | B+ | B | 21 min | $101,585 |
| Auburn | 22% | C− | A | 20 min | $51,052 |
| Skaneateles | 8% | B+ | A | 22 min | $103,545 |
| Throop | under 2% | B+ | D | 26 min | $90,268 |
| Brutus | 2% | B | C+ | 27 min | $77,031 |
| Owasco | 4% | A | D | 23 min | $102,245 |
| Elbridge | 3% | B | C+ | 25 min | $76,479 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Auburn. Darker towns draw more of Sennett’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 Sennett: questions
What is the median household income in Sennett?
$101,585 (±$18,361) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sennett?
5.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sennett?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sennett work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn (22%, 4 mi), Syracuse (9%, 20 mi), Skaneateles (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sennett walkable?
Sennett is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sennett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sennett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sennett
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.