Stamford’s household incomes are lower than in 70% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Stamford is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+). 16.7% of residents live below the poverty line, against 14.0% across New York. About one in seven work in Stamford itself; outside it, Delhi draws the most (10%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Stamford: the gist
Stamford makes and builds things
66% of the jobs based in Stamford are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stamford residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Most jobs in Stamford pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Stamford pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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 728 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Stamford earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Stamford’s grade up ($62,083, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (9.2%) is left out: Stamford’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Stamford could be anywhere from D− to C.
Factories, building and farms: 66% of the jobs in Stamford
982 jobs are based in Stamford.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stamford, 2014 → 2024: 1,064 → 982. 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 Stamford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Stamford’s commute, mile by mile
About 31% 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.
A workday in Stamford: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 623 residents head out to work, 105 work right here, and 877 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Stamford on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 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.
Commuting out of Stamford: the destinations
Where Stamford clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
The daily trip from Stamford: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stamford workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 785 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Getting around Stamford: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 868 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 8.3% of Stamford households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Stamford’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stamford places 4,704th of 5,509 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,702 | Schoolcraft Township MI | 2,008 | $55K | 10.3% | 10.9% | 4% | D |
| 4,703 | Butler NY | 1,801 | $50K | 13.6% | 9.9% | 6% | D |
| 4,704 | Stamford NY | 1,974 | $62K | 16.7% | 9.2% | 14% | D |
| 4,705 | Tuckerman AR | 1,649 | $45K | 15.2% | 9.7% | 12% | D |
| 4,706 | Taylorsville NC | 2,333 | $39K | 27.7% | 1.9% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Stamford, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
22% of Stamford works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stamford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stamford | – | D | B+ | 29 min | $62,083 |
| Kortright | 3% | C | C− | 24 min | $80,729 |
| Harpersfield | 6% | D− | B− | 31 min | $52,118 |
| Roxbury | 3% | C | B | 23 min | $58,042 |
| Bovina | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Bloomville | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Delhi | 10% | C− | A− | 15 min | $63,043 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bovina: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Bloomville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Delhi. Darker towns draw more of Stamford’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 Stamford: questions
What is the median household income in Stamford?
$62,083 (±$13,614) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stamford?
16.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stamford?
29 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 Stamford work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Delhi (10%, 13 mi), New York City (7%, 122 mi), Harpersfield (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Stamford walkable?
Stamford is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stamford without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stamford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stamford
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.