Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Sloan has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 2% work in Sloan; the top destination outside it is Buffalo (27%, 3 miles). 442 jobs are based in Sloan, and 1,690 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Sloan are B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sloan at work: what stands out
Commutes from Sloan are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Much of Sloan works one town over
45% of working residents work in a town that borders Sloan: Buffalo (27%) and Cheektowaga (18%). Next door ↓
Most Sloan residents work close to home
79% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Sloan is a place people come home to
There are 442 jobs based in Sloan, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sloan has about 2,500 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Sloan pay little
27% of the jobs based in Sloan pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Sloan
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sloan is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #275 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Sloan’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sloan could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Sloan’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sloan workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,344 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 Sloan goes to work
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.
Who leaves Sloan for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,648 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 400 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Sloan on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Sloan: what the 442 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sloan, 2013 → 2023: 491 → 442. 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 Sloan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Sloan goes to work
Where Sloan clocks in
27% of workers
12% 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.
Sloan is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,613 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 12.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% 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). 14.8% of Sloan households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Sloan’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,362nd of 4,318: where Sloan ranks among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,360 | Bowdoin ME | 3,254 | $91K | 11.0% | 0.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,361 | Burns Township MI | 3,268 | $84K | 8.8% | 2.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,362 | Sloan NY | 3,699 | $72K | 14.7% | 2.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,363 | Wood Village OR | 4,706 | $85K | 16.6% | 2.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,364 | Genoa City WI | 2,866 | $81K | 5.6% | 4.8% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | 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 Sloan, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 45% of Sloan’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sloan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sloan | – | B+ | A | 19 min | $72,214 |
| Cheektowaga | 18% | B | A | 20 min | $69,239 |
| Buffalo | 27% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $50,041 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Buffalo. Darker towns draw more of Sloan’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 Sloan: questions
What is the median household income in Sloan?
$72,214 (±$9,726) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sloan?
14.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sloan?
19 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 Sloan work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buffalo (27%, 3 mi), Cheektowaga (18%, 3 mi), Amherst (12%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sloan walkable?
Sloan is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sloan without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sloan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sloan
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.