Work & commute · Caton

Work & commute in Caton, NY

Most working residents leave Caton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Corning (20%), Erwin (14%) and Corning (10%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 820 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 809 Caton residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caton.

809live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caton goes to work

Corning7.2 mi away

20%167

Erwin8.7 mi away

14%112

Corning7.1 mi away

10%84

Elmira11.5 mi away

9%74

Horseheads14.7 mi away

5%42

Big Flats8.5 mi away

3%24

Lindley6.5 mi away

2%13

Rochester83.3 mi away

1%12

Caton (in town)right here

1%11

Campbell14.6 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%271

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Caton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

24%

23%

48%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caton is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.10 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Caton are

85 jobs are based in Caton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Caton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Caton

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Caton residents hold

820 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+12%

Jobs based in Caton, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 85. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.