Bute-Warner-Truax Farm · Photo: Desiree Josephson · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Summit commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Summit are B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. There are 12 jobs in Summit; 335 of its residents have a job. 5% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Summit apart on work
Summit is a place people come home to
There are 12 jobs based in Summit, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Summit has about 750 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Summit and Cobleskill trade workers both ways
Cobleskill is the top workplace for Summit residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Summit come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 ↓
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 335 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Summit’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Summit is better than 47% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Summit’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (9.0%) is left out: Summit’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, Summit could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Who works in Summit, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 335 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Summit on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
25% of working residents work in Cobleskill
Where Summit clocks in
6% 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.
Where in the region Summit works
About 30% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 58% of the jobs in Summit
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summit, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 12. 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 Summit’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Summit: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Summit workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 355 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 in Summit is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Summit is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 375 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). 2.1% of Summit households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Summit’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Summit ranks: 1,365th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,363 | Oxford Township KS | 1,241 | $64K | 6.4% | 2.4% | 9% | B− |
| 1,364 | Ogemaw Township MI | 1,175 | $76K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,365 | Summit NY | 1,075 | $74K | 3.9% | 9.0% | 0% | B− |
| 1,366 | Washington VT | 1,063 | $66K | 3.2% | 6.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,367 | Lazy Mountain AK | 1,459 | $102K | 7.4% | 6.2% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Summit, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Summit
The biggest share goes to Richmondville (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Summit workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | – | B− | C+ | 34 min | $74,375 |
| Worcester | under 2% | C− | C | 26 min | $69,886 |
| Jefferson | under 2% | C− | C | 32 min | $67,083 |
| Richmondville | 6% | C− | C+ | 29 min | $51,046 |
| Fulton | under 2% | C | C | 29 min | $76,429 |
| Blenheim | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blenheim: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Summit’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 Summit: questions
What is the median household income in Summit?
$74,375 (±$26,307) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Summit?
3.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Summit?
34 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 Summit work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cobleskill (25%, 12 mi), New York City (6%, 136 mi), Richmondville (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Summit walkable?
Summit is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Summit without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Summit, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summit
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.