Wayland has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C−: better than 20% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B: more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 51% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 30 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Wayland; the top destination outside it is Wayland (22%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Wayland
Wayland and Wayland trade workers both ways
Wayland is the top workplace for Wayland residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Wayland come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Wayland than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Wayland fell from 354 in 2013 to 230 in 2023, −35%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 565 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Wayland’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Wayland is better than 20% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Wayland’s grade up ($74,688, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Wayland’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wayland could be anywhere from D to C+.
22% of working residents work in Wayland
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Wayland clocks in
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 230 jobs in Wayland are
230 jobs are based in Wayland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wayland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayland, 2013 → 2023: 354 → 230. 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.
Wayland quiets down on a workday
On a workday 533 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Wayland on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.41 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.
About 30 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wayland workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 766 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.
Half of Wayland commutes less than 20 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% 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.
Most trips from Wayland start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wayland is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 814 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 0.0 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). 6.0% of Wayland households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wayland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wayland is 4,050th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Wayland, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,048 | Casa Loma CA | 1,587 | $43K | 30.8% | 0.4% | 1% | C− |
| 4,049 | Guthrie Center IA | 1,583 | $71K | 14.8% | 0.7% | 16% | C− |
| 4,050 | Wayland NY | 1,676 | $75K | 17.0% | 1.3% | 6% | C− |
| 4,051 | Albion PA | 1,479 | $56K | 13.1% | 5.4% | 9% | C− |
| 4,052 | Hillsboro WI | 1,401 | $60K | 12.0% | 7.4% | 20% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
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 Wayland: questions
What is the median household income in Wayland?
$74,688 (±$18,199) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayland?
17.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayland?
30 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 Wayland work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wayland (22%, 3 mi), North Dansville (11%, 5 mi), Geneseo (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wayland walkable?
Wayland is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wayland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wayland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wayland
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.