Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Yorkshire are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 19.0% of residents (New York 14.0%). For jobs and income Yorkshire is better than 22% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C). Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Yorkshire, in brief
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Yorkshire
Unemployment holds Yorkshire’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($48,097, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Yorkshire could be anywhere from D to C+.
About 27 minutes each way for Yorkshire’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yorkshire workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,520 commuters (the 5% 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 daily flow of workers through Yorkshire
On a workday 1,159 residents head out to work, 104 work right here, and 674 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Yorkshire on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
12% of working residents work in Arcade
Where Yorkshire 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 778 jobs based in Yorkshire
778 jobs are based in Yorkshire.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yorkshire, 2013 → 2023: 683 → 778. 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 Yorkshire’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Yorkshire, by distance
About 15% 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 Yorkshire, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,594 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). 7.6% of Yorkshire households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Yorkshire’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000, Yorkshire comes 3,452nd 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,450 | Whitesboro NY | 3,559 | $46K | 22.8% | 5.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,451 | Atoka OK | 2,975 | $44K | 17.3% | 2.3% | 27% | C− |
| 3,452 | Yorkshire NY | 3,733 | $48K | 19.0% | 2.5% | 8% | C− |
| 3,453 | Heyburn ID | 3,783 | $64K | 20.8% | 4.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,454 | Elmira Heights NY | 3,716 | $58K | 24.6% | 5.4% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | 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 Yorkshire, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Around Yorkshire: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Sardinia (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Yorkshire workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | – | C− | C | 27 min | $48,097 |
| Sardinia | 4% | B− | C | 30 min | $84,583 |
| Ashford | under 3% | C+ | C | 30 min | $77,558 |
| Machias | under 3% | C | C− | 24 min | $59,485 |
| Freedom | under 3% | C+ | D | 28 min | $73,646 |
| Lime Lake | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lime Lake: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Yorkshire’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 Yorkshire: questions
What is the median household income in Yorkshire?
$48,097 (±$9,571) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yorkshire?
19.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yorkshire?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yorkshire work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arcade (12%, 10 mi), Concord (7%, 10 mi), Sardinia (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Yorkshire walkable?
Yorkshire is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yorkshire
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.