Throop has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For jobs and income Throop is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D). 68 jobs are based in Throop, against 886 working residents. Only 2% work in Throop; the top destination outside it is Auburn (25%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Throop, in brief
Throop is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Throop, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Throop has about 980 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Throop works one town over
33% of working residents work in a town that borders Throop: Auburn (25%), Aurelius (3%) and Sennett (3%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Throop are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 886 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Throop gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Throop’s grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Throop’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, Throop could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Who commutes out of Throop, and who commutes in
On a workday 872 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Throop on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
About 26 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Throop workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 793 commuters (the 7% 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.
Where people from Throop work
Where Throop clocks in
25% of workers
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.
Goods, not services: 43% of the jobs in Throop
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Throop, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 68. 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 Throop’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Throop
About 16% 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.
In Throop, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 857 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 0.3% of Throop households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Throop’s commuters take a bus or train.
Throop places 1,042nd of 5,343 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,040 | Saticoy CA | 1,518 | $86K | 8.8% | 12.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,041 | Erie IL | 1,484 | $83K | 3.0% | 4.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,042 | Throop NY | 1,797 | $90K | 5.4% | 1.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,043 | Fayetteville Township IL | 1,459 | $101K | 6.7% | 3.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,044 | Otisco Township MI | 2,303 | $62K | 3.7% | 1.5% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Throop, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 33% of Throop
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Throop workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Throop | – | B+ | D | 26 min | $90,268 |
| Auburn | 25% | C− | A | 20 min | $51,052 |
| Aurelius | 3% | B− | B− | 19 min | $94,079 |
| Montezuma | under 3% | B− | D− | 23 min | $73,250 |
| Sennett | 3% | B+ | B | 21 min | $101,585 |
| Mentz | 2% | C− | C | 29 min | $52,602 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Auburn. Darker towns draw more of Throop’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 Throop: questions
What is the median household income in Throop?
$90,268 (±$14,725) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Throop?
5.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Throop?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Throop work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn (25%, 4 mi), Syracuse (6%, 24 mi), Owasco (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Throop walkable?
Throop is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Throop without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Throop, from the people who make the trip.
More of Throop
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.