Worth has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
3% of workers work from home, where New York as a whole has 15%. 13 jobs are based in Worth for 78 working residents. Hardly any work in Worth; the top destination outside it is Watertown (29%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Worth by day
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Worth on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where Worth goes to work
Where Worth clocks in
Lines 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 Worth
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Worth, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 13. 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 Worth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Worth
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Worth workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 85 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.
The commute from Worth, by distance
About 18% 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.
The towns around Worth
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Worth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worth | – | — | — | 26 min | $73,750 |
| Pinckney | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Lorraine | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Redfield | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Montague | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pinckney, Lorraine, Redfield and Montague: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Worth’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 Worth: questions
What is the median household income in Worth?
$73,750 (±$28,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Worth?
15.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Worth?
26 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 Worth work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watertown (29%, 16 mi), Ellisburg (12%, 13 mi), Watertown (12%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Worth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Worth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Worth
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.