West Hill Cemetery · Photo: Schlitzer90 · CC0Sherburne’s household incomes are lower than in 69% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Sherburne C+; getting around on foot earns it B−. 9.0% of residents are in poverty, against 14.0% across New York. About one in five work in Sherburne itself; outside it, Norwich draws the most (10%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Sherburne: the gist
Income, poverty and work: Sherburne’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sherburne is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #524 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Sherburne’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sherburne could be anywhere from C− to B.
From Sherburne, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherburne workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,677 commuters (the 13% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Sherburne
On a workday 1,325 residents head out to work, 303 work right here, and 991 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 (0.79 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.
Where Sherburne goes to work
Where Sherburne clocks in
Lines 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 kinds of work in Sherburne
1,294 jobs are based in Sherburne.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherburne, 2013 → 2023: 1,630 → 1,294. 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 Sherburne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Sherburne commutes less than 13 miles
About 19% 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.
Few in Sherburne walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sherburne is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #518 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% 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 1,919 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). 11.9% of Sherburne households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sherburne’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Sherburne is 2,780th of 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Pound Ridge NY | 5,057 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,778 | Cheshire MA | 3,180 | $70K | 8.6% | 4.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,779 | Nottawa Township MI | 3,808 | $62K | 12.5% | 3.1% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,780 | Sherburne NY | 3,857 | $63K | 9.0% | 3.3% | 19% | C+ |
| 2,781 | Carlton NY | 2,793 | $82K | 11.7% | 5.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,782 | Walker Township PA | 4,693 | $89K | 12.7% | 5.6% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | 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 Sherburne, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 12% of Sherburne
The biggest share goes to Hamilton (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sherburne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherburne | – | C+ | B− | 22 min | $63,203 |
| Hamilton | 7% | B− | A− | 18 min | $75,398 |
| North Norwich | 2% | C | C | 20 min | $77,955 |
| Columbus | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Smyrna | under 2% | D | B− | 22 min | $59,408 |
| New Berlin | 3% | D | C− | 20 min | $62,159 |
Same-state neighbors only. Columbus: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sherburne’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 Sherburne: questions
What is the median household income in Sherburne?
$63,203 (±$8,278) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherburne?
9.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherburne?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherburne work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norwich (10%, 11 mi), Norwich (8%, 13 mi), Hamilton (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sherburne walkable?
Sherburne is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sherburne without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sherburne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sherburne
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.