Most of York commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income York is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+). There are 58 jobs in York, against 509 working residents. Measured by household income, York is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in York
York is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in York, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday York has about 580 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
York’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside York is Madison, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (138) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
York workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 509 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
York’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds York’s grade up ($113,438, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.2%) is left out: York’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, York could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The daily commute in and out of York
On a workday 505 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in York on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from York
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.
About 33 minutes to work from York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of York workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 370 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
27% of working residents work in Madison
Where York clocks in
27% of workers
7% 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.
York works in goods: 53% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in York, 2014 → 2024: 47 → 58. 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 York’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in York walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 498 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of York households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of York’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, York is 675th among 3,133 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 673 | Miamitown OH | 1,169 | $65K | 8.0% | 3.4% | 1% | B |
| 674 | Gibson Township IN | 1,146 | $100K | 7.5% | 2.2% | <1% | B |
| 675 | York WI | 1,034 | $113K | 10.3% | 6.2% | 1% | B |
| 676 | South Newton Township PA | 1,393 | $78K | 6.8% | 1.5% | 1% | B |
| 677 | Sunday Lake WA | 1,375 | $92K | 8.9% | 10.0% | 0% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 York, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
York and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | York workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York | – | B | C+ | 33 min | $113,438 |
| Perry | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Adams | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Blanchard | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| New Glarus | under 2% | A | C | 38 min | $137,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry and Blanchard: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Adams: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of York’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 York: questions
What is the median household income in York?
$113,438 (±$27,383) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in York?
10.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from York?
33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in York work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (27%, 26 mi), New Glarus (11%, 7 mi), Monroe (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is York walkable?
York is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around York without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from York, from the people who make the trip.
More of York
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.