Church of St. John the Evangelist · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Stockport has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 241 jobs in Stockport, and 1,227 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Stockport are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. For 6% of workers, the job is at home, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Stockport
Stockport is a place people come home to
There are 241 jobs based in Stockport, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stockport has about 1,600 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Stockport are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 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.
The figures behind Stockport’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stockport is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #437 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Stockport’s grade up ($98,958, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stockport could be anywhere from C− to A.
Stockport on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,166 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Stockport on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Stockport: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stockport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,179 commuters (the 6% 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.
14% of working residents work in Hudson
Where Stockport clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
In Stockport, 37% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stockport, 2014 → 2024: 225 → 241. 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 Stockport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Stockport to work
About 25% 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.
Most of Stockport commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stockport is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #650 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,248 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). 1.0% of Stockport households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Stockport’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,457th of 5,083: where Stockport ranks among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,455 | Juneau WI | 2,706 | $78K | 13.1% | 4.6% | 13% | B− |
| 2,456 | Cerro Gordo Township IL | 1,887 | $86K | 12.5% | 5.9% | 6% | B− |
| 2,457 | Stockport NY | 2,562 | $99K | 7.1% | 6.4% | 5% | B− |
| 2,458 | Sneads Ferry NC | 2,728 | $80K | 13.3% | 1.1% | 5% | B− |
| 2,459 | Ocean View DE | 3,107 | $92K | 9.8% | 2.6% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | 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 Stockport, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
13% of Stockport works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Greenport (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stockport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockport | – | B− | C | 28 min | $98,958 |
| Stuyvesant | under 3% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $66,000 |
| Coxsackie | under 3% | B− | C+ | 33 min | $88,188 |
| Ghent | 3% | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $82,092 |
| Greenport | 5% | C− | A− | 19 min | — |
| Athens | under 3% | B− | C+ | 29 min | $84,896 |
| Claverack | 5% | B− | B | 28 min | $74,111 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stockport’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 Stockport: questions
What is the median household income in Stockport?
$98,958 (±$19,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stockport?
7.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stockport?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stockport work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hudson (14%, 5 mi), New York City (11%, 115 mi), Albany (8%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Stockport walkable?
Stockport is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stockport 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 Stockport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stockport
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.