Walworth has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Walworth grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Employers in Walworth report 790 jobs for 4,593 working residents. Only 3% work in Walworth; the top destination outside it is Rochester (20%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Walworth: the gist
Commutes from Walworth are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Walworth is a place people come home to
There are 790 jobs based in Walworth, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Walworth has about 5,600 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Walworth
67% of Walworth residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Walworth pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Walworth has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Walworth went from 581 in 2013 to 790 in 2023, +36%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Walworth are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Walworth’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Walworth earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Walworth is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #75 of 758 in New York. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walworth could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Walworth
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walworth workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,954 commuters (the 18% 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.
Who works in Walworth, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,438 residents head out to work, 155 work right here, and 635 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,600 people are in Walworth on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Jobs in Walworth: what the 790 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walworth, 2013 → 2023: 581 → 790. 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 Walworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Walworth goes to work
Where Walworth clocks in
20% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Half of Walworth commutes less than 13 miles
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.
Few in Walworth walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Walworth is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #710 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Walworth near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,816 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). 3.4% of Walworth households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Walworth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Walworth places 384th of 2,806 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 382 | Hanson MA | 10,927 | $132K | 2.7% | 4.2% | 5% | A |
| 383 | Westampton Township NJ | 9,436 | $126K | 2.7% | 4.9% | 4% | A |
| 384 | Walworth NY | 9,443 | $94K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| 385 | Rancho Mission Viejo CA | 11,971 | $193K | 2.7% | 4.1% | 2% | A |
| 386 | Arden Hills MN | 9,583 | $134K | 4.7% | 4.6% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Walworth, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
14% of Walworth works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Penfield (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Walworth’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 Walworth: questions
What is the median household income in Walworth?
$94,286 (±$9,955) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walworth?
4.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walworth?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walworth work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (20%, 15 mi), Perinton (7%, 8 mi), Henrietta (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walworth walkable?
Walworth is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walworth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walworth
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.