Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Warwick (5.6%) is higher than in 69% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City. For jobs and income Warwick is better than 61% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (A). About one in seven work in Warwick itself; outside it, Warwick draws the most (25%, 0 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Warwick and work: the main findings
Warwick trades workers with the towns around it
Warwick has about as many jobs (2,371) as working residents (2,743), but they are mostly different people: 2,406 residents leave for work each day while 2,034 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Warwick are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Warwick and Warwick trade workers both ways
Warwick is the top workplace for Warwick residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Warwick come from (38% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Warwick workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 69 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.
Warwick’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Warwick’s grade up (5.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warwick could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,406 residents head out to work, 337 work right here, and 2,034 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 (0.86 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.
The places Warwick commutes to
Where Warwick clocks in
25% of workers
20% 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.
From Warwick, about 42 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 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 2,398 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.
Most jobs in Warwick are in services
2,371 jobs are based in Warwick.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warwick, 2013 → 2023: 2,243 → 2,371. 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.
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Warwick
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,766 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 45% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 15% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 11.7% of Warwick households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Warwick’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,218 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,800, Warwick comes 1,452nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 14 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,450 | Jerseyville IL | 8,409 | $74K | 12.3% | 0.4% | 22% | B |
| 1,451 | Spring Valley IL | 5,408 | $71K | 7.2% | 2.7% | 14% | B |
| 1,452 | Warwick NY | 6,534 | $90K | 5.5% | 5.6% | 12% | B |
| 1,453 | Pilot Point TX | 8,052 | $98K | 8.5% | 6.3% | 10% | B |
| 1,454 | Wilson NY | 5,727 | $89K | 8.7% | 3.3% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,218 | 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 Warwick, 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 Warwick: questions
What is the median household income in Warwick?
$89,609 (±$19,501) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warwick?
5.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warwick?
42 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 Warwick work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warwick (25%, 0 mi), New York City (20%, 46 mi), Goshen (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warwick walkable?
Warwick is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warwick without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 15% 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.