At 2.0%, unemployment in Sherrill is lower than in 85% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 21 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). The two grades for Sherrill are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 7% work in Sherrill; the top destination outside it is Verona (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Sherrill
Sherrill makes and builds things
82% of the jobs based in Sherrill are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sherrill residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 12%. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Sherrill have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Sherrill went from 353 in 2013 to 1,257 in 2023, +256%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Sherrill 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 ↓
Most jobs in Sherrill pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Sherrill pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Sherrill’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sherrill is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #162 of 758 in New York. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sherrill could be anywhere from B to A.
Goods jobs make up 82% of work in Sherrill
1,257 jobs are based in Sherrill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherrill, 2013 → 2023: 353 → 1,257. 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 Sherrill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Sherrill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherrill workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,277 commuters (the 12% 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.
Sherrill by day and by night
On a workday 1,397 residents head out to work, 104 work right here, and 1,153 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 (0.84 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 people from Sherrill work
Where Sherrill clocks in
16% of workers
11% 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.
How far Sherrill’s workers travel
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 Sherrill walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sherrill is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #607 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 1,455 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). 5.9% of Sherrill households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sherrill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000, Sherrill ranks 791st of 4,618 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 789 | Ravenna Township MN | 2,282 | $131K | 1.6% | 5.5% | 1% | A− |
| 790 | Hudson IA | 3,028 | $120K | 4.0% | 4.5% | 7% | A− |
| 791 | Sherrill NY | 2,973 | $89K | 5.7% | 2.0% | 7% | A− |
| 792 | Van Buren Township OH | 2,119 | $105K | 7.8% | 0.6% | 1% | A− |
| 793 | Mad River Township OH | 2,770 | $86K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Sherrill, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
20% of Sherrill works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Oneida (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Sherrill’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 Sherrill: questions
What is the median household income in Sherrill?
$88,947 (±$10,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherrill?
5.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherrill?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherrill work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Verona (16%, 6 mi), Oneida (11%, 4 mi), Vernon (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sherrill walkable?
Sherrill is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sherrill without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sherrill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sherrill
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.