Household incomes in Wirt are lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
6% of workers have no commute at all, where New York as a whole has 15%. The poverty rate is 21.2% (New York 14.0%). Wirt grades D− 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
What the numbers say about work in Wirt
Wirt is a place people come home to
There are 52 jobs based in Wirt, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wirt has about 680 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Wirt averages 31 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (21 to 27 minutes). Next door ↓
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 378 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Wirt
On income, poverty and job access, Wirt is better than 2% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Wirt’s grade.
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Wirt’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, Wirt could be anywhere from D− to D.
In and out of Wirt on a workday
On a workday 373 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Wirt on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.14 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 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Olean
Where Wirt clocks in
16% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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.
Making and building: 48% of jobs based in Wirt
52 jobs are based in Wirt.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wirt, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 52. 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 Wirt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Wirt: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wirt workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 464 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where in the region Wirt works
About 25% 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.
In Wirt, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wirt is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 493 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). 13.0% of Wirt households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wirt’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Wirt sits among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,981 | Independence VA | 1,000 | $39K | 23.6% | 4.8% | 17% | D− |
| 2,982 | Stampers Creek Township IN | 1,024 | $51K | 55.0% | 0.0% | <1% | D− |
| 2,983 | Wirt NY | 1,005 | $42K | 21.2% | 5.3% | 1% | D− |
| 2,984 | Waldo AR | 1,100 | $41K | 23.7% | 3.7% | 1% | D− |
| 2,985 | Enigma GA | 1,106 | $32K | 49.7% | 1.8% | <1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Wirt, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
16% of Wirt works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Bolivar (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wirt workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wirt | – | D− | C− | 31 min | $42,243 |
| Bolivar | 13% | D | B− | 27 min | $58,548 |
| Clarksville | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Scio | under 2% | D | C+ | 21 min | $62,426 |
| Friendship | 3% | D | C+ | 22 min | $59,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clarksville: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wirt’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 Wirt: questions
What is the median household income in Wirt?
$42,243 (±$14,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wirt?
21.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wirt?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wirt work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Olean (16%, 16 mi), Bolivar (13%, 8 mi), Wellsville (10%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wirt walkable?
Wirt is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wirt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wirt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wirt
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.