Wolcott Square Historic District · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Wolcott has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in Wolcott report 749 jobs; 1,612 of its residents have a job. Wolcott grades C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wolcott, in a few figures
Few Wolcott workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Wolcott than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Wolcott fell from 1,021 in 2013 to 749 in 2023, −27%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Wolcott’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wolcott is better than 15% of U.S. towns, #691 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Wolcott’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wolcott could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Wolcott’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wolcott workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,523 commuters (the 3% 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.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Wolcott
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wolcott, 2013 → 2023: 1,021 → 749. 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 Wolcott’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Wolcott by day
On a workday 1,372 residents head out to work, 240 work right here, and 509 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Wolcott 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.
8% of working residents work in Huron
Where Wolcott clocks in
6% 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.
Half of Wolcott commutes less than 22 miles
About 16% 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.
Driving is how Wolcott gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wolcott is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #463 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,574 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). 8.1% of Wolcott households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wolcott’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wolcott is 3,593rd of 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Pound Ridge NY | 5,057 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,591 | East Prairie MO | 2,841 | $35K | 21.2% | 3.2% | 15% | C− |
| 3,592 | Marietta OK | 2,982 | $52K | 20.6% | 4.9% | 12% | C− |
| 3,593 | Wolcott NY | 4,000 | $55K | 20.9% | 4.0% | 15% | C− |
| 3,594 | Arkwright SC | 2,816 | $54K | 23.6% | 11.1% | 1% | C− |
| 3,595 | Farrell PA | 4,110 | $43K | 23.7% | 7.9% | 9% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | 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 Wolcott, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Wolcott’s workers
The biggest share goes to Huron (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wolcott workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolcott | – | C− | B | 31 min | $54,569 |
| Butler | 4% | D | C | 23 min | $50,192 |
| Sterling | under 3% | C | B− | 27 min | $59,750 |
| Victory | under 3% | C+ | D− | 35 min | $71,071 |
| Huron | 8% | C− | C+ | 28 min | $90,000 |
| Red Creek | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Red Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wolcott’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 Wolcott: questions
What is the median household income in Wolcott?
$54,569 (±$9,855) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wolcott?
20.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wolcott?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wolcott work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huron (8%, 7 mi), Rochester (6%, 44 mi), Arcadia (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wolcott walkable?
Wolcott is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wolcott without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wolcott, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wolcott
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.