Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 3.0At 9.0%, unemployment in Warsaw is higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Warsaw are D for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Warsaw is behind 81% of U.S. towns. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 79.0 in New York City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Warsaw: the figures worth knowing
Warsaw and Warsaw trade workers both ways
Warsaw is the top workplace for Warsaw residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Warsaw come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Warsaw are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Warsaw is where the jobs are
Warsaw has 2,387 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Warsaw is services
87% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 7% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
What’s behind Warsaw’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warsaw is better than 7% of U.S. towns, #745 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Warsaw’s grade up (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warsaw could be anywhere from D− to C.
Commuting in to Warsaw: where workers come from
Where Warsaw clocks in
30% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Warsaw
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warsaw workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,220 commuters (the 6% 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.
Warsaw fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,111 residents head out to work, 388 work right here, and 1,999 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Warsaw on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Warsaw
2,387 jobs are based in Warsaw.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warsaw, 2013 → 2023: 2,390 → 2,387. 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 Warsaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Warsaw
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 Warsaw, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warsaw is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #84 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Warsaw 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 1,291 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 98% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 68% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% 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). 10.2% of Warsaw households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Warsaw’s commuters take a bus or train.
Warsaw next to U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,050 | Mohave Valley AZ | 2,555 | $60K | 14.8% | 9.3% | 4% | D |
| 4,051 | Laureles TX | 4,224 | $35K | 35.4% | 10.2% | 1% | D |
| 4,052 | Warsaw NY | 3,592 | $55K | 22.4% | 9.0% | 26% | D |
| 4,053 | Hillsville VA | 2,836 | $58K | 22.4% | 9.9% | 19% | D |
| 4,054 | Sandy Creek NY | 3,824 | $67K | 22.0% | 9.9% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Warsaw, 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 Warsaw: questions
What is the median household income in Warsaw?
$55,406 (±$8,003) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warsaw?
22.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warsaw?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warsaw work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (30%, 1 mi), Rochester (5%, 40 mi), Batavia (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warsaw walkable?
Warsaw is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.0 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warsaw without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 68% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warsaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warsaw
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.