Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Walton have lower incomes than those in 98% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Walton are D− for jobs and income and A for walkability. 30.3% of residents are in poverty (New York 14.0%). About one in four work in Walton; the top destination outside it is Walton (27%, 0 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Walton apart
Commutes from Walton are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Walton and Walton trade workers both ways
Walton is the top workplace for Walton residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Walton come from (41% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Walton trades workers with the towns around it
Walton has about as many jobs (1,243) as working residents (1,176), but they are mostly different people: 881 residents leave for work each day while 948 people come in. Only 24% of the jobs in Walton are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Walton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Walton is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #758 of 758 in New York. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Walton’s grade.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walton stays D−.
Getting to work from Walton takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 817 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 Walton’s working residents head each day
Where Walton clocks in
27% of workers
16% 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.
Walton by day and by night
On a workday 881 residents head out to work, 295 work right here, and 948 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Walton’s employers do
1,243 jobs are based in Walton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walton, 2013 → 2023: 1,287 → 1,243. 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 Walton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Walton, by distance
About 29% 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 Walton, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Walton is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #232 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 14.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 883 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). 15.2% of Walton households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Walton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Walton and other U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 11 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,682 | Marianna AR | 3,253 | $20K | 56.8% | 28.9% | 31% | D− |
| 4,683 | Hollandale MS | 2,090 | $26K | 39.4% | 9.5% | 20% | D− |
| 4,684 | Walton NY | 2,824 | $35K | 30.3% | 15.7% | 25% | D− |
| 4,685 | West Union OH | 3,091 | $29K | 38.6% | 14.0% | 18% | D− |
| 4,686 | Cave Junction OR | 2,074 | $39K | 27.7% | 8.3% | 21% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Walton, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Walton: questions
What is the median household income in Walton?
$34,676 (±$7,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walton?
30.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walton?
18 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 Walton work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Walton (27%, 0 mi), Delhi (16%, 13 mi), New York City (5%, 121 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walton walkable?
Walton is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walton
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.