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Jobs & commute in Sinclairville

Sinclairville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

0% of workers work from home, next to 15% for New York as a whole. Sinclairville has 40 jobs; 205 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Sinclairville for work; outside it, Pomfret is the main destination (8%, 10 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about work in Sinclairville

Sinclairville is a place people come home to

There are 40 jobs based in Sinclairville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sinclairville has about 400 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Commutes from Sinclairville are quick

The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓

Few Sinclairville workers work from home

Only 0% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓

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 205 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

Sinclairville by day and by night

On a workday 203 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.

203live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
38work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night570
Workday400
570live here− 200head out to work+ 38come in to work= 400on a workday

About 400 people are in Sinclairville on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

Time on the road

Commuting from Sinclairville: about 24 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
180 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Sinclairville24 min
New York33 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Sinclairville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Sinclairville gets to work
76%Drive alone
19%Carpool
5%Walk

Share of the 210 commuters (the 0% 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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Sinclairville ends

SinclairvilleDunkirk: 12 residents work here (6%)SalamancaJamestown: 14 residents work here (7%)New YorkEllery: 7 residents work here (3%)Dunkirk: 8 residents work here (4%)Chautauqua: 10 residents work here (5%)Hanover: 9 residents work here (4%)Ellicott: 14 residents work here (7%)CharlotteCherry Creek: 11 residents work here (5%)Gerry: 10 residents work here (5%)Pomfret: 17 residents work here (8%)VillenovaArkwrightPomfretJamestownEllicottDunkirkCherry CreekChautauquaSinclairville
1
Pomfret10.4 mi away
8%17
2
Jamestown11.6 mi away
7%14
3
Ellicott9.2 mi away
7%14
4
Dunkirk15.3 mi away
6%12
5
Cherry Creek7.4 mi away
5%11
6
Chautauqua12.7 mi away
5%10
7
Gerry3 mi away
5%10
8
Hanover17 mi away
4%9
9
Dunkirk14.4 mi away
4%8
10
Ellery7.1 mi away
3%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%93
The top trips

Where Sinclairville 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 jobs

What Sinclairville’s employers do

Jobs based in SinclairvilleJobs Sinclairville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%24%
Trade, transport & utilities40%13%
Services: health, schools, offices58%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less43%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month48%28%
Over $3,333 a month10%57%

Who does it

29 or younger38%16%
30 to 5435%46%
55 and older28%38%
−35%

Jobs based in Sinclairville, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 40. 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 Sinclairville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Sinclairville

10 mi25 mi30 miPomfret: 8% · 10.4 miJamestown: 7% · 11.6 miEllicott: 7% · 9.2 miDunkirk: 6% · 15.3 miCherry Creek: 5% · 7.4 miChautauqua: 5% · 12.7 miGerry: 5% · 3 miHanover: 4% · 17 miDunkirk: 4% · 14.4 miEllery: 3% · 7.1 miPomfret 8%Jamestown 7%Ellicott 7%Dunkirk 6%Cherry Creek 5%Sinclairville
SinclairvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi30 residents
51%10–24 mi104 residents
11%25–50 mi22 residents
24%Over 50 mi49 residents

About 24% 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.

Next door

How Sinclairville compares with the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Gerry (5%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Sinclairville24 min
Gerry27 min
Charlotte30 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownSinclairville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Sinclairville–——24 min$48,214
Charlotteunder 4%C−C30 min$61,082
Gerry5%C+C27 min$68,667

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Sinclairville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Sinclairville: questions

What is the median household income in Sinclairville?

$48,214 (±$14,555) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Sinclairville?

15.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Sinclairville?

24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Sinclairville work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pomfret (8%, 10 mi), Jamestown (7%, 12 mi), Ellicott (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Sinclairville 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 Sinclairville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Sinclairville

Sinclairville home →

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.