First Presbyterian Church of Mumford · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Wheatland commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Wheatland B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Employers in Wheatland report 1,250 jobs for 2,321 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wheatland stands out on work
Wheatland makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Wheatland are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wheatland residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Wheatland are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Wheatland’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wheatland is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #313 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Wheatland’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wheatland could be anywhere from C to A.
Factories, building and farms: 50% of the jobs in Wheatland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wheatland, 2013 → 2023: 1,571 → 1,250. 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 Wheatland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Wheatland: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wheatland workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,243 commuters (the 10% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Wheatland
On a workday 2,133 residents head out to work, 188 work right here, and 1,062 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Wheatland on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2023, primary jobs.
21% of working residents work in Rochester
Where Wheatland clocks in
21% of workers
15% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Wheatland
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.
In Wheatland, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wheatland is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #673 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Wheatland near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,497 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). 2.3% of Wheatland households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Wheatland’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Wheatland is 1,497th of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,495 | Holden Lakes FL | 3,522 | $71K | 10.6% | 4.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,496 | Kimberly ID | 5,798 | $98K | 19.3% | 0.0% | 8% | B |
| 1,497 | Wheatland NY | 4,798 | $83K | 11.2% | 4.0% | 8% | B |
| 1,498 | Beechwood MS | 4,168 | $92K | 15.3% | 0.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,499 | Hiram GA | 5,585 | $85K | 12.0% | 3.8% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wheatland, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
21% of Wheatland works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Henrietta (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wheatland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland | – | B | C− | 24 min | $82,538 |
| Rush | under 3% | A+ | C− | 21 min | $122,519 |
| Henrietta | 15% | B | A | 18 min | $85,943 |
| Caledonia | 2% | A− | B | 25 min | $78,649 |
| Le Roy | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 26 min | $72,978 |
| Riga | under 3% | A | D | 24 min | $100,750 |
| Chili | 4% | A− | B | 21 min | $89,793 |
| Caledonia | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $83,563 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wheatland’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 Wheatland: questions
What is the median household income in Wheatland?
$82,538 (±$14,568) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wheatland?
11.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wheatland?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wheatland work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (21%, 15 mi), Henrietta (15%, 9 mi), Brighton (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wheatland walkable?
Wheatland is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wheatland without a car?
1% 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 Wheatland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wheatland
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.