Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Warren has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The two grades for Warren are C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Employers in Warren report 81 jobs; 420 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Warren; the top destination outside it is Utica (12%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Warren at work: what stands out
Warren is a place people come home to
There are 81 jobs based in Warren, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Warren has about 680 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Warren 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 420 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Warren’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Warren is better than 15% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Warren’s grade up ($72,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Warren’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Warren could be anywhere from D− to B.
How a workday changes Warren
On a workday 417 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Warren on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Warren
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warren workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 493 commuters (the 13% 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 Warren goes to work
Where Warren clocks in
12% 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.
A place that makes things: 65% of Warren’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warren, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 81. 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 Warren’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Warren’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
Driving is how Warren gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warren is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 2.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 568 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). 8.0% of Warren households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warren’s commuters take a bus or train.
Warren is 2,299th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,297 | Indian Point Township IL | 1,387 | $63K | 16.8% | 6.3% | 5% | C− |
| 2,298 | Lake Township MI | 1,137 | $63K | 12.8% | 3.2% | 1% | C− |
| 2,299 | Warren NY | 1,021 | $73K | 19.3% | 1.6% | 1% | C− |
| 2,300 | Rome Township OH | 1,230 | $55K | 10.8% | 12.0% | 1% | C− |
| 2,301 | Colerain Township PA | 1,134 | $67K | 15.9% | 4.3% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Warren, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Warren
The biggest share goes to German Flatts (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warren workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | – | C− | C | 28 min | $72,750 |
| Springfield | under 2% | D | C | 30 min | $62,965 |
| Richfield | under 2% | C− | B− | 31 min | $59,833 |
| Richfield Springs | under 2% | D | A− | 34 min | $55,750 |
| Columbia | under 2% | B− | C | 34 min | $90,795 |
| German Flatts | 6% | B− | B | 21 min | $67,791 |
| Stark | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Springfield Center | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stark: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Springfield Center: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warren’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 Warren: questions
What is the median household income in Warren?
$72,750 (±$18,214) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warren?
19.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warren?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warren work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (12%, 20 mi), Winfield (7%, 12 mi), New Hartford (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warren walkable?
Warren is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warren without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warren, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warren
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.