Westmoreland has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
Measured by household income, Westmoreland is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Westmoreland are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 7% work in Westmoreland itself; outside it, Utica draws the most (16%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Westmoreland stands out on work
A longer commute than the towns next door
Westmoreland averages 27 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (17 to 22 minutes). Next door ↓
Commutes from Westmoreland are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Westmoreland: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Westmoreland is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #64 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Westmoreland’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Westmoreland stays A.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Westmoreland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Westmoreland workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,564 commuters (the 17% 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.
Westmoreland by day and by night
On a workday 2,480 residents head out to work, 174 work right here, and 774 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Westmoreland on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.36 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Westmoreland goes to work
Where Westmoreland clocks in
16% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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 Westmoreland
948 jobs are based in Westmoreland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Westmoreland, 2014 → 2024: 1,051 → 948. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westmoreland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Westmoreland’s workers travel
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Westmoreland commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Westmoreland is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #668 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,083 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 under 0.1 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). 1.7% of Westmoreland households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Westmoreland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Westmoreland is 319th of 3,432 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 317 | Burbank CA | 5,333 | $135K | 11.1% | 1.4% | 1% | A |
| 318 | North Caldwell NJ | 6,815 | $208K | 1.7% | 6.0% | 2% | A |
| 319 | Westmoreland NY | 5,834 | $105K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 7% | A |
| 320 | Ohio Township PA | 7,268 | $153K | 3.6% | 4.3% | 5% | A |
| 321 | East Kapolei HI | 7,551 | $119K | 5.3% | 2.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 3% | 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 Westmoreland, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
24% of Westmoreland works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Rome (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Westmoreland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmoreland | – | A | C | 27 min | $105,333 |
| Whitestown | 8% | B+ | B | 17 min | $80,168 |
| Kirkland | 3% | B+ | A | 18 min | $82,926 |
| Rome | 9% | C− | A | 18 min | $59,925 |
| Vernon | under 3% | B | C | 22 min | $77,601 |
| Verona | 4% | B− | C | 19 min | $83,534 |
| Clark Mills | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clark Mills: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Westmoreland’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 2024, 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 Westmoreland: questions
What is the median household income in Westmoreland?
$105,333 (±$10,355) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Westmoreland?
3.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Westmoreland?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Westmoreland work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (16%, 11 mi), Rome (9%, 8 mi), New Hartford (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Westmoreland walkable?
Westmoreland is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Westmoreland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Westmoreland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Westmoreland
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.