Work and Jobs in Sullivan, New York (NY) Detailed Stats
Occupations, Industries, Unemployment, Workers, Commute
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The most common industries in Sullivan are: Educational services (8.4% of civilian employees), Health care (8.1% of civilian employees), Construction (7.2% of civilian employees). 71.7% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 11.2% greater than the rate of 63.7% across the entire state of New York.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
| Educational services | 8.4% (630) | 5.1% (205) | 12.2% (425) |
| Health care | 8.1% (605) | 2.7% (106) | 14.4% (499) |
| Construction | 7.2% (540) | 12.2% (486) | 1.6% (54) |
| Finance and insurance | 5.9% (441) | 2.5% (100) | 9.8% (341) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 5.1% (378) | 5.5% (220) | 4.6% (158) |
| Accommodation and food services | 5.0% (376) | 4.5% (181) | 5.6% (195) |
| Public administration | 3.4% (256) | 4.4% (176) | 2.3% (80) |
| Metal and metal products | 3.4% (254) | 4.5% (179) | 2.2% (75) |
| Transportation equipment | 3.0% (224) | 4.8% (190) | 1.0% (34) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 2.8% (211) | 3.9% (157) | 1.6% (54) |
| Administrative and support and waste management services | 2.6% (197) | 2.8% (110) | 2.5% (87) |
| Food and beverage stores | 2.6% (192) | 2.1% (82) | 3.2% (110) |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 2.4% (180) | 2.0% (79) | 2.9% (101) |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 2.3% (169) | 1.9% (74) | 2.7% (95) |
| Machinery | 2.2% (166) | 2.5% (99) | 1.9% (67) |
| Computer and electronic products | 2.2% (162) | 1.3% (50) | 3.2% (112) |
| Repair and maintenance | 1.9% (141) | 3.5% (141) | 0.0% (0) |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 1.9% (138) | 1.9% (77) | 1.8% (61) |
| Printing and related support activities | 1.7% (126) | 1.7% (69) | 1.6% (57) |
| Department and other general merchandise stores | 1.6% (121) | 1.3% (52) | 2.0% (69) |
| Social assistance | 1.5% (111) | 0.3% (10) | 2.9% (101) |
| Chemicals | 1.3% (99) | 1.8% (73) | 0.7% (26) |
| Utilities | 1.3% (94) | 2.1% (85) | 0.3% (9) |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 1.2% (93) | 1.6% (64) | 0.8% (29) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1.2% (91) | 1.6% (65) | 0.7% (26) |
| U. S. Postal service | 1.2% (88) | 0.7% (26) | 1.8% (62) |
| Personal and laundry services | 1.2% (87) | 0.4% (15) | 2.1% (72) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 1.1% (79) | 1.1% (45) | 1.0% (34) |
| Truck transportation | 1.0% (76) | 1.5% (61) | 0.4% (15) |
| Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 1.0% (72) | 1.8% (72) | 0.0% (0) |
| Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 1.0% (71) | 1.2% (46) | 0.7% (25) |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 0.9% (66) | 1.2% (46) | 0.6% (20) |
| Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.8% (63) | 0.6% (22) | 1.2% (41) |
| Plastics and rubber products | 0.8% (56) | 0.4% (16) | 1.2% (40) |
| Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.7% (50) | 0.9% (36) | 0.4% (14) |
| Other direct selling establishments | 0.7% (49) | 0.8% (30) | 0.5% (19) |
| Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.6% (47) | 0.2% (7) | 1.2% (40) |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 0.5% (39) | 0.8% (33) | 0.2% (6) |
| Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (38) | 1.0% (38) | 0.0% (0) |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 0.4% (33) | 0.8% (33) | 0.0% (0) |
| Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (29) | 0.7% (29) | 0.0% (0) |
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (29) | 0.4% (15) | 0.4% (14) |
| Food | 0.4% (28) | 0.7% (28) | 0.0% (0) |
| Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (28) | 0.7% (28) | 0.0% (0) |
| Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.4% (28) | 0.2% (9) | 0.5% (19) |
| Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.4% (28) | 0.2% (9) | 0.5% (19) |
| Private households | 0.3% (26) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (26) |
| Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (26) | 0.7% (26) | 0.0% (0) |
| Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.3% (25) | 0.2% (8) | 0.5% (17) |
| Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (25) | 0.1% (5) | 0.6% (20) |
| Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.3% (24) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (24) |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 0.3% (22) | 0.6% (22) | 0.0% (0) |
| Book stores and news dealers | 0.3% (22) | 0.4% (15) | 0.2% (7) |
| Gasoline stations | 0.3% (21) | 0.5% (21) | 0.0% (0) |
| Health and personal care, except drug, stores | 0.3% (20) | 0.0% (0) | 0.6% (20) |
| Retail florists | 0.2% (18) | 0.2% (6) | 0.3% (12) |
| Recyclable material merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (15) | 0.4% (15) | 0.0% (0) |
| Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (15) | 0.2% (7) | 0.2% (8) |
| Rail transportation | 0.2% (14) | 0.4% (14) | 0.0% (0) |
| Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (14) | 0.4% (14) | 0.0% (0) |
| Textile mills and textile products | 0.2% (13) | 0.2% (6) | 0.2% (7) |
| Wood products | 0.1% (11) | 0.3% (11) | 0.0% (0) |
| Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (9) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (9) |
| Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (8) | 0.2% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
| Air transportation | 0.1% (8) | 0.0% (0) | 0.2% (8) |
| Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.1% (8) | 0.0% (0) | 0.2% (8) |
| Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (7) | 0.2% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
| Warehousing and storage | 0.1% (6) | 0.2% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
| Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (6) | 0.2% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
| Apparel, fabrics, and notions merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (6) | 0.2% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
| Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.1% (4) | 0.1% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Paper | 0.1% (4) | 0.1% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Unemployment in Sullivan
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 7.3%Males
- 2.9%Females
- Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
- 47.8%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
| Sullivan: | 3.6% (260) |
| New York: | 2.4% (194,562) |
5:30am:
| Sullivan: | 3.9% (285) |
| New York: | 2.1% (174,328) |
6am:
| Sullivan: | 4.9% (358) |
| New York: | 3.1% (253,826) |
6:30am:
| Sullivan: | 8.6% (627) |
| New York: | 7.0% (573,349) |
7am:
| Sullivan: | 12.1% (884) |
| New York: | 8.6% (706,982) |
7:30am:
| Sullivan: | 15.7% (1,151) |
| New York: | 14.0% (1,147,579) |
8am:
| Sullivan: | 16.9% (1,234) |
| New York: | 14.8% (1,213,706) |
8:30am:
| Sullivan: | 9.7% (709) |
| New York: | 13.9% (1,144,298) |
9am:
| Sullivan: | 3.9% (283) |
| New York: | 7.5% (614,475) |
10am:
| Sullivan: | 2.8% (203) |
| New York: | 7.2% (593,377) |
11am:
| Sullivan: | 1.2% (87) |
| New York: | 2.7% (224,011) |
12pm:
| Sullivan: | 0.4% (29) |
| New York: | 1.3% (105,049) |
4pm:
| Sullivan: | 5.9% (433) |
| New York: | 6.3% (517,309) |
>4pm:
| Sullivan: | 7.9% (581) |
| New York: | 6.1% (501,196) |
Travel time to work
Less than 5 minutes:
| Sullivan: | 3.2% (233) |
| New York: | 2.7% (219,036) |
5 to 9 minutes:
| Sullivan: | 7.6% (559) |
| New York: | 8.3% (680,270) |
10 to 14 minutes:
| Sullivan: | 7.4% (540) |
| New York: | 11.6% (956,590) |
15 to 19 minutes:
| Sullivan: | 11.5% (840) |
| New York: | 12.4% (1,020,084) |
20 to 24 minutes:
| Sullivan: | 20.2% (1,479) |
| New York: | 12.3% (1,013,757) |
25 to 29 minutes:
| Sullivan: | 14.1% (1,030) |
| New York: | 4.9% (399,384) |
30 to 34 minutes:
| Sullivan: | 18.5% (1,355) |
| New York: | 12.9% (1,058,688) |
35 to 39 minutes:
| Sullivan: | 3.8% (279) |
| New York: | 2.5% (203,722) |
40 to 44 minutes:
| Sullivan: | 4.9% (357) |
| New York: | 4.1% (340,311) |
45 to 59 minutes:
| Sullivan: | 3.5% (258) |
| New York: | 9.8% (806,556) |
60 to 89 minutes:
| Sullivan: | 1.4% (106) |
| New York: | 10.3% (848,185) |
90 or more minutes:
| Sullivan: | 1.2% (88) |
| New York: | 5.1% (417,464) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
| Sullivan: | 86.7% (6,350) |
| New York: | 56.3% (4,620,178) |
Carpooled:
| Sullivan: | 7.2% (525) |
| New York: | 9.2% (756,918) |
Bus or trolley bus:
| Sullivan: | 0.5% (33) |
| New York: | 5.8% (475,389) |
Taxicab:
| Sullivan: | 0.1% (4) |
| New York: | 0.8% (67,897) |
Bicycle:
| Sullivan: | 0.4% (29) |
| New York: | 0.3% (25,036) |
Walked:
| Sullivan: | 1.8% (130) |
| New York: | 6.2% (511,721) |
Other means:
| Sullivan: | 0.7% (53) |
| New York: | 0.5% (40,375) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
| Sullivan: | 92.4% (6,350) |
| New York: | 85.9% (4,620,178) |
In 2 person carpool:
| Sullivan: | 6.9% (477) |
| New York: | 11.0% (590,255) |
In 3 person carpool:
| Sullivan: | 0.4% (26) |
| New York: | 1.8% (96,470) |
In 4 person carpool:
| Sullivan: | 0.3% (22) |
| New York: | 0.7% (36,112) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
| Sullivan: | 71.7% (5,350) |
| New York: | 63.7% (5,340,134) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| Sullivan: | 2.5% (186) |
| New York: | 3.4% (283,619) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| Sullivan: | 7.0% (525) |
| New York: | 9.7% (810,356) |
Local government workers:
| Sullivan: | 5.9% (438) |
| New York: | 10.2% (858,120) |
State government workers:
| Sullivan: | 5.1% (380) |
| New York: | 4.6% (383,673) |
Federal government workers:
| Sullivan: | 1.9% (142) |
| New York: | 2.2% (185,100) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| Sullivan: | 5.8% (431) |
| New York: | 6.0% (501,068) |
Unpaid family workers:
| Sullivan: | 0.1% (7) |
| New York: | 0.2% (20,918) |
Employee of private company - Males:
| Sullivan: | 74.7% (2,981) |
| New York: | 66.2% (2,902,064) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
| Sullivan: | 4.1% (163) |
| New York: | 4.9% (215,651) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
| Sullivan: | 5.1% (202) |
| New York: | 6.3% (277,787) |
Local government workers - Males:
| Sullivan: | 5.5% (218) |
| New York: | 8.7% (380,426) |
State government workers - Males:
| Sullivan: | 2.9% (117) |
| New York: | 4.1% (181,784) |
Federal government workers - Males:
| Sullivan: | 1.5% (60) |
| New York: | 2.3% (102,647) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
| Sullivan: | 6.0% (240) |
| New York: | 7.1% (312,497) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
| Sullivan: | 0.2% (7) |
| New York: | 0.2% (9,470) |
Employee of private company - Females:
| Sullivan: | 68.3% (2,369) |
| New York: | 60.9% (2,438,070) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
| Sullivan: | 0.7% (23) |
| New York: | 1.7% (67,968) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
| Sullivan: | 9.3% (323) |
| New York: | 13.3% (532,569) |
Local government workers - Females:
| Sullivan: | 6.3% (220) |
| New York: | 11.9% (477,694) |
State government workers - Females:
| Sullivan: | 7.6% (263) |
| New York: | 5.0% (201,889) |
Federal government workers - Females:
| Sullivan: | 2.4% (82) |
| New York: | 2.1% (82,453) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
| Sullivan: | 5.5% (191) |
| New York: | 4.7% (188,571) |