Most of Westville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Westville report 38 jobs; 633 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Westville are D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 5% of workers work from home, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Westville stands out on work
A lot of Westville works one town over
41% of working residents work in a town that borders Westville: Malone (29%) and Fort Covington (12%). Next door ↓
Westville is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in Westville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Westville has about 1,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Westville are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 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; with 633 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Westville
On income, poverty and job access, Westville is better than 13% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Westville’s grade up (12.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Westville’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, Westville could be anywhere from D to C.
Westville by day and by night
On a workday 625 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Westville on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 23 minutes each way for Westville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Westville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 804 commuters (the 5% 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.
29% of working residents work in Malone
Where Westville clocks in
29% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
53% of the jobs in Westville make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Westville, 2014 → 2024: 78 → 38. 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 Westville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Westville commutes
About 21% 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.
The commute in Westville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Westville is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 844 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). 7.8% of Westville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Westville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Westville is 4,285th of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,283 | Van Buren Township IN | 1,779 | $55K | 23.9% | 11.2% | 3% | D |
| 4,284 | Burdell Township MI | 1,446 | $71K | 19.7% | 4.0% | 1% | D |
| 4,285 | Westville NY | 1,796 | $57K | 12.4% | 4.3% | 1% | D |
| 4,286 | Silver Springs Shores East FL | 1,777 | $60K | 36.7% | 12.5% | 1% | D |
| 4,287 | Beech Island SC | 1,578 | $36K | 34.3% | 15.7% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Westville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 41% of Westville’s workers
The biggest share goes to Malone (29%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Westville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westville | – | D | C+ | 23 min | $56,528 |
| Fort Covington | 12% | D | C+ | 18 min | $57,361 |
| Constable | under 2% | D | C− | 22 min | $62,169 |
| Bangor | under 2% | D | B− | 21 min | $65,000 |
| Malone | 29% | C | A− | 15 min | $67,969 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Westville’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 Westville: questions
What is the median household income in Westville?
$56,528 (±$9,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Westville?
12.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Westville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Westville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Malone (29%, 13 mi), Fort Covington (12%, 5 mi), Massena (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Westville walkable?
Westville is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Westville without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Westville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Westville
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.