Spencerport has lower unemployment (3.5%) than 61% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Spencerport A−; getting around on foot earns it B. Only 6% work in Spencerport; the top destination outside it is Rochester (25%, 10 miles). The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Spencerport apart on work
Spencerport trades workers with the towns around it
Spencerport has about as many jobs (1,864) as working residents (1,804), but they are mostly different people: 1,702 residents leave for work each day while 1,762 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Spencerport are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Spencerport 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 ↓
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.
Inside Spencerport’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Spencerport is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #167 of 758 in New York. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($81,029, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spencerport could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Spencerport
On a workday 1,702 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 1,762 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 (1.03 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.
Spencerport’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spencerport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,875 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where the trip to work from Spencerport ends
Where Spencerport clocks in
25% of workers
8% 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.
Inside Spencerport’s 1,864 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spencerport, 2014 → 2024: 1,700 → 1,864. 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 Spencerport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Spencerport
About 15% 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.
In Spencerport, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spencerport is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #410 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 2,203 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 91% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 62% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 1.0% of Spencerport households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spencerport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Spencerport is 847th of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 845 | Anchorage KY | 2,547 | $199K | 11.9% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| 846 | Yorkville NY | 2,572 | $73K | 4.2% | 2.8% | 5% | A− |
| 847 | Spencerport NY | 3,592 | $81K | 5.8% | 3.5% | 6% | A− |
| 848 | Candia NH | 4,248 | $120K | 1.4% | 5.5% | 5% | A− |
| 849 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Spencerport, 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 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 Spencerport: questions
What is the median household income in Spencerport?
$81,029 (±$17,985) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spencerport?
5.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spencerport?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spencerport work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (25%, 10 mi), Ogden (12%, 1 mi), Henrietta (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Spencerport walkable?
Spencerport is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spencerport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 62% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spencerport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spencerport
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.