Most of Woodhull commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
86 jobs are based in Woodhull, and 654 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Woodhull C−; getting around on foot earns it C+. 4% of workers have no commute at all; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Woodhull at work: what stands out
Woodhull is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Woodhull, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Woodhull has about 1,100 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Woodhull are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Woodhull workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 654 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Woodhull’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Woodhull is better than 17% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Woodhull’s grade up (10.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (8.1%) is left out: Woodhull’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, Woodhull could be anywhere from D to C.
How a workday changes Woodhull
On a workday 639 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Woodhull on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Getting to work from Woodhull takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodhull workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 569 commuters (the 4% 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.
13% of working residents work in Erwin
Where Woodhull clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Woodhull
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodhull, 2014 → 2024: 92 → 86. 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 Woodhull’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Woodhull 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Woodhull gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Woodhull is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 594 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). 5.6% of Woodhull households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Woodhull’s commuters take a bus or train.
Woodhull next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200: 4,539th of 6,161 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,537 | Cornersville TN | 1,385 | $64K | 27.7% | 11.0% | 4% | C− |
| 4,538 | Adams Township IL | 1,591 | $67K | 26.7% | 6.3% | 3% | C− |
| 4,539 | Woodhull NY | 1,635 | $60K | 10.2% | 8.1% | 2% | C− |
| 4,540 | Metlakatla AK | 1,235 | $72K | 13.5% | 7.6% | — | C− |
| 4,541 | Whitewater CA | 1,181 | $78K | 23.4% | 18.5% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | 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 Woodhull, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Around Woodhull: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Woodhull workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodhull | – | C− | C+ | 26 min | $60,106 |
| Troupsburg | under 3% | C− | B− | 33 min | $71,875 |
| Rathbone | under 3% | D | C+ | 32 min | $63,375 |
| Jasper | under 3% | C | C+ | 24 min | $80,588 |
| Tuscarora | 4% | C− | D− | 28 min | $77,411 |
| Cameron | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cameron: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tuscarora. Darker towns draw more of Woodhull’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 Woodhull: questions
What is the median household income in Woodhull?
$60,106 (±$3,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodhull?
10.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodhull?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodhull work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Erwin (13%, 14 mi), Corning (11%, 19 mi), Addison (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Woodhull walkable?
Woodhull is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Woodhull 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 Woodhull, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodhull
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.