Goodsell House · Photo: FollowerOfHank · CC BY-SA 4.0Webb’s household incomes are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Webb are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Below the poverty line: 1.4% of residents (New York 14.0%). For 28% of workers, the job is at home, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Webb: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
A lot of Webb works from home
28% of Webb workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Webb’s workforce skews older
36% of Webb’s working residents are 55 or older. 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 682 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Webb earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Webb is better than 66% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Webb’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (8.7%) is left out: Webb’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, Webb could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
How far Webb’s workers travel
About 37% 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.
About 30 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Webb workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 507 commuters (the 28% 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.
What the 868 jobs in Webb are
868 jobs are based in Webb.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Webb, 2013 → 2023: 773 → 868. 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 Webb’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Webb
On a workday 415 residents head out to work, 267 work right here, and 601 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Webb on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 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.
Where Webb goes to work
Where Webb clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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.
Webb is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Webb is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 705 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). 1.2% of Webb households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Webb’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400, Webb ranks 1,277th of 5,343 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,275 | Union Hall VA | 1,445 | $103K | 4.4% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,276 | Brookfield Township MI | 1,472 | $87K | 7.3% | 2.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,277 | Webb NY | 1,813 | $108K | 1.4% | 8.7% | 39% | B+ |
| 1,278 | Hemlock Township PA | 2,326 | $89K | 14.0% | 1.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,279 | Moretown VT | 1,757 | $104K | 3.1% | 1.8% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Webb, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Webb
The biggest share goes to Inlet (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Webb workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webb | – | B+ | C | 30 min | $107,641 |
| Ohio | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Long Lake | 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Fine | under 2% | D | B− | 23 min | $59,861 |
| Watson | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 33 min | $68,864 |
| Greig | under 2% | D | C− | 36 min | $58,000 |
| Inlet | 4% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Forestport | under 2% | B− | D | 31 min | $72,813 |
| Diana | under 2% | D | C | 33 min | $58,929 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ohio, Long Lake and Inlet: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Webb’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 Webb: questions
What is the median household income in Webb?
$107,641 (±$38,232) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Webb?
1.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Webb?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Webb work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (4%, 51 mi), Inlet (4%, 18 mi), Syracuse (4%, 77 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Webb walkable?
Webb is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Webb without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Webb, from the people who make the trip.
More of Webb
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.