Stafford Village Four Corners Historic District · Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Stafford has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B: better than 60% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 65% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 21 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Stafford; the top destination outside it is Batavia (14%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Stafford, in brief
Commutes from Stafford 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 ↓
Stafford makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Stafford are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stafford residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Stafford empties out on a workday
About 1,600 people are in Stafford on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 2,400 who live here: 1,100 head out to work and 360 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Stafford’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stafford is better than 60% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Stafford’s grade up ($87,554, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stafford could be anywhere from C to A.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stafford workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 969 commuters (the 10% 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.
Stafford makes things: 35% of its jobs are in goods
395 jobs are based in Stafford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stafford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stafford, 2013 → 2023: 319 → 395. 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.
Stafford quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,133 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 360 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Stafford on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Batavia
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Stafford clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Stafford commutes less than 20 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Stafford start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stafford is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Stafford 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 1,074 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). 1.4% of Stafford households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Stafford’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stafford is 1,676th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Stafford, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 8 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,674 | Lula GA | 3,048 | $69K | 10.9% | 2.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,675 | Shapleigh ME | 3,025 | $88K | 5.3% | 2.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,676 | Stafford NY | 2,386 | $88K | 7.8% | 4.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,677 | Kurtistown HI | 3,151 | $96K | 4.8% | 3.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,678 | Carlyle IL | 3,188 | $77K | 7.9% | 2.9% | 16% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
17% of Stafford works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Le Roy (11%). Darker towns draw more of Stafford’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stafford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford | – | B | C− | 21 min | $87,554 |
| Batavia | 6% | C | B− | 23 min | $67,207 |
| Le Roy | 11% | B+ | C+ | 26 min | $72,978 |
| Bethany | under 3% | C+ | D− | 28 min | $75,859 |
| Byron | under 3% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $99,063 |
| Pavilion | under 3% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $86,462 |
| Elba | under 3% | B | D | 23 min | $91,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Stafford: questions
What is the median household income in Stafford?
$87,554 (±$16,042) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stafford?
7.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stafford?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stafford work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batavia (14%, 5 mi), Le Roy (11%, 6 mi), Rochester (10%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stafford walkable?
Stafford is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stafford without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stafford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stafford
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.