Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Silver Creek has higher unemployment (6.7%) than 80% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Silver Creek is behind 68% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Silver Creek C−; getting around on foot earns it B. The average commute takes 29 minutes each way, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Silver Creek apart
Silver Creek and Hanover trade workers both ways
Hanover is the top workplace for Silver Creek residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Silver Creek come from (35% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Silver Creek has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Silver Creek went from 360 in 2014 to 665 in 2024, +85%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 809 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Silver Creek
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Silver Creek is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #671 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Silver Creek’s grade up (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Silver Creek could be anywhere from D to B−.
26% of working residents work in Hanover
Where Silver Creek clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
What work there is in Silver Creek: 665 jobs
665 jobs are based in Silver Creek.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silver Creek, 2014 → 2024: 360 → 665. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Silver Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Silver Creek: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 702 residents head out to work, 107 work right here, and 558 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 (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Silver Creek: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silver Creek workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 972 commuters (the 17% 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.
How far Silver Creek’s workers travel
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Silver Creek is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Silver Creek is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #455 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Silver Creek near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,166 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). 12.0% of Silver Creek households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Silver Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
Silver Creek is 4,065th of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,063 | Heidelberg TX | 2,215 | $34K | 13.5% | 27.5% | <1% | C− |
| 4,064 | Star City AR | 2,059 | $51K | 23.9% | 3.3% | 29% | C− |
| 4,065 | Silver Creek NY | 2,575 | $64K | 21.5% | 6.7% | 13% | C− |
| 4,066 | Chincoteague VA | 3,309 | $63K | 10.2% | 6.5% | 27% | C− |
| 4,067 | East St. Clair Township PA | 2,922 | $42K | 17.6% | 4.1% | 9% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Silver Creek, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Silver Creek and its neighbors: 26% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Silver Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Creek | – | C− | B | 29 min | $63,854 |
| Hanover | 26% | C | B | 27 min | $71,563 |
| Sheridan | under 2% | B+ | D | 24 min | $87,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hanover. Darker towns draw more of Silver Creek’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 2024, 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 Silver Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Silver Creek?
$63,854 (±$25,549) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silver Creek?
21.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silver Creek?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silver Creek work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hanover (26%, 5 mi), Dunkirk (7%, 9 mi), Evans (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Silver Creek walkable?
Silver Creek is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Silver Creek 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 Silver Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silver Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.