Stockbridge has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, next to 15% for New York as a whole. There are 183 jobs in Stockbridge, and 897 of its residents work somewhere. Stockbridge grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Stockbridge: the gist
Fewer jobs are based in Stockbridge than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Stockbridge fell from 579 in 2013 to 183 in 2023, −68%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Stockbridge is a place people come home to
There are 183 jobs based in Stockbridge, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stockbridge has about 1,200 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Stockbridge works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Stockbridge: Oneida (9%), Vernon (8%) and Smithfield (4%). Next door ↓
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 897 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Stockbridge’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stockbridge is better than 54% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Stockbridge’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stockbridge could be anywhere from C to A−.
Jobs in Stockbridge: what the 183 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stockbridge, 2013 → 2023: 579 → 183. 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 Stockbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Stockbridge quiets down on a workday
On a workday 877 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Stockbridge on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
9% of working residents work in Oneida
Where Stockbridge clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
About 26 minutes to work from Stockbridge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stockbridge workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 986 commuters (the 5% 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 from Stockbridge, by distance
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Stockbridge start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stockbridge is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,038 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). 6.6% of Stockbridge households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stockbridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stockbridge places 1,897th of 5,234 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,895 | Mechanicsburg Township IL | 2,233 | $74K | 11.7% | 2.6% | 4% | B− |
| 1,896 | Buckfield ME | 2,114 | $78K | 5.8% | 4.0% | 5% | B− |
| 1,897 | Stockbridge NY | 1,961 | $76K | 9.3% | 2.6% | 2% | B− |
| 1,898 | Princeville HI | 2,020 | $102K | 6.2% | 4.2% | 28% | B− |
| 1,899 | Arcadia IN | 1,458 | $67K | 9.5% | 3.1% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Stockbridge, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
25% of Stockbridge works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Oneida (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stockbridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockbridge | – | B− | C+ | 26 min | $76,154 |
| Smithfield | 4% | B+ | D− | 22 min | $81,250 |
| Vernon | 8% | B | C | 22 min | $77,601 |
| Oneida | 9% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $61,597 |
| Augusta | under 4% | C− | C | 27 min | $57,852 |
| Lincoln | under 4% | B+ | C− | 27 min | $96,100 |
| Eaton | 4% | C− | A− | 20 min | $53,281 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stockbridge’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 Stockbridge: questions
What is the median household income in Stockbridge?
$76,154 (±$11,660) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stockbridge?
9.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stockbridge?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stockbridge work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oneida (9%, 7 mi), Vernon (8%, 6 mi), Syracuse (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stockbridge walkable?
Stockbridge is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stockbridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stockbridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stockbridge
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.