Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Warwick earn more than those in 88% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 79.0 in New York City. Below the poverty line: 7.9% of residents, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. Jobs and income earn Warwick B+; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Warwick and work: the main findings
Warwick’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Warwick is New York City, 47 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (2,748) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Warwick workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical 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.
Why Warwick gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warwick is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #230 of 758 in New York. Household income is its strongest input ($119,328, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warwick could be anywhere from B to A−.
The commute from Warwick, by distance
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.
Time on the road from Warwick: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warwick workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,339 commuters (the 20% 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.
Warwick by day and by night
On a workday 10,395 residents head out to work, 2,732 work right here, and 4,816 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26,000 people are in Warwick on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
21% of working residents work in New York City
Where Warwick clocks in
21% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Warwick
7,548 jobs are based in Warwick.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warwick, 2013 → 2023: 7,134 → 7,548. 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 Warwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Warwick is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warwick is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #298 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 15,477 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 20% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 6.5% of Warwick households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Warwick’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Warwick is 617th among 1,368 U.S. towns of 22,000 to 43,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Eastchester NY | 34,015 | $156K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 52 | Clifton Park NY | 37,775 | $133K | 2.3% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 615 | Swatara Township PA | 27,936 | $80K | 8.3% | 3.7% | 9% | B+ |
| 616 | Arbutus MD | 22,507 | $99K | 14.0% | 3.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 617 | Warwick NY | 31,685 | $119K | 7.9% | 3.8% | 21% | B+ |
| 618 | Nixa MO | 26,597 | $83K | 7.1% | 3.2% | 11% | B+ |
| 619 | Clemmons NC | 22,808 | $88K | 6.5% | 4.5% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,368 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Warwick, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Warwick
The biggest share goes to Goshen (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warwick workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick | – | B+ | A− | 40 min | $119,328 |
| Minisink | under 2% | B+ | C | 38 min | $127,690 |
| Wawayanda | under 2% | B+ | C | 34 min | $143,017 |
| Goshen | 5% | B+ | A | 37 min | $121,442 |
| Florida | under 2% | B+ | A− | 30 min | $123,250 |
| Tuxedo | under 2% | A | B+ | 40 min | $129,598 |
| Tuxedo | under 2% | A− | B+ | 40 min | $109,205 |
| Chester | 2% | A | A− | 42 min | $139,778 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warwick’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 Warwick: questions
What is the median household income in Warwick?
$119,328 (±$9,613) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warwick?
7.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warwick?
40 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warwick work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (21%, 47 mi), Goshen (5%, 8 mi), Wallkill (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warwick walkable?
Warwick is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warwick without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warwick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warwick
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.