Household incomes in Sherburne are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
19.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 14.0% across New York. The two grades for Sherburne are D for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in seven work in Sherburne; the top destination outside it is Sherburne (20%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sherburne, in brief
Sherburne and Sherburne trade workers both ways
Sherburne is the top workplace for Sherburne residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Sherburne come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Sherburne 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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Sherburne than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Sherburne fell from 1,324 in 2013 to 868 in 2023, −34%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 582 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Sherburne
On income, poverty and job access, Sherburne is better than 5% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Sherburne’s grade.
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Sherburne’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, Sherburne could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Where Sherburne’s working residents head each day
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.
How long Sherburne spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 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 526 commuters (the 8% 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.
What the 868 jobs in Sherburne are
868 jobs are based in Sherburne.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherburne, 2013 → 2023: 1,324 → 868. 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.
The daily flow of workers through Sherburne
On a workday 512 residents head out to work, 70 work right here, and 798 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Sherburne on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 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.
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.
In Sherburne, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sherburne is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 572 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). 19.7% of Sherburne households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sherburne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Sherburne sits among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Summit MS | 1,417 | $29K | 45.8% | 9.8% | 2% | D |
| 4,867 | Crane MO | 1,509 | $37K | 34.2% | 6.5% | 8% | D |
| 4,868 | Sherburne NY | 1,359 | $45K | 19.6% | 5.7% | 12% | D |
| 4,869 | Holly Hill SC | 1,280 | $34K | 38.6% | 3.4% | 7% | D |
| 4,870 | Wagner SD | 1,422 | $47K | 15.7% | 8.0% | 43% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Sherburne, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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?
$45,129 (±$7,433) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherburne?
19.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherburne?
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 Sherburne work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sherburne (20%, 1 mi), Norwich (10%, 10 mi), Norwich (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sherburne walkable?
Sherburne is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sherburne without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% 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.