Most of Willing commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 23 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Employers in Willing report 82 jobs; 458 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Willing are C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Willing and work: the main findings
Willing is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in Willing, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Willing has about 870 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Willing and Wellsville trade workers both ways
Wellsville is the top workplace for Willing residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Willing come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Willing 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 458 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Willing’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Willing is better than 41% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Willing’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.4%) is left out: Willing’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, Willing could be anywhere from C to B−.
Willing on a workday afternoon
On a workday 455 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Willing on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
35% of working residents work in Wellsville
Where Willing clocks in
35% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
How long Willing spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Willing workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 551 commuters (the 14% 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.
Jobs in Willing: what the 82 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Willing, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 82. 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 Willing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Willing
About 32% 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.
Most of Willing commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Willing is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. 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 644 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). 6.2% of Willing households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Willing’s commuters take a bus or train.
Willing is 2,097th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,095 | Parker Township KS | 1,055 | $93K | 9.7% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,096 | Porter Township MI | 1,269 | $76K | 7.9% | 3.9% | 0% | C+ |
| 2,097 | Willing NY | 1,246 | $69K | 4.0% | 7.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,098 | Minong WI | 1,029 | $75K | 5.4% | 5.5% | 19% | C+ |
| 2,099 | Grand Canyon Village AZ | 1,599 | $73K | 13.2% | 1.5% | 18% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Willing, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 35% of Willing’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Willing workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willing | – | C+ | C− | 23 min | $68,778 |
| Wellsville | 35% | C− | B− | 16 min | $63,227 |
| Independence | under 2% | C | C− | 29 min | $68,750 |
| Alma | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Alma: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wellsville. Darker towns draw more of Willing’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 Willing: questions
What is the median household income in Willing?
$68,778 (±$4,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willing?
4.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willing?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willing work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wellsville (35%, 6 mi), Amherst (3%, 80 mi), Alfred (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Willing walkable?
Willing 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 Willing 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 Willing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willing
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.