Apalachin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The average commute takes 16 minutes each way; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26. Apalachin has 343 jobs; 1,216 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Apalachin for work; outside it, Owego is the main destination (19%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Apalachin stands out on work
Commutes from Apalachin are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 130 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Apalachin
63% of Apalachin residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 22% of the jobs based in Apalachin pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Apalachin and Union trade workers both ways
Union is the top workplace for Apalachin residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Apalachin come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Apalachin is a place people come home to
There are 343 jobs based in Apalachin, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Apalachin has about 1,700 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Apalachin pay little
27% of the jobs based in Apalachin pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 38% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
From Apalachin, about 16 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Apalachin workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,241 commuters (the 14% 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.
Most jobs in Apalachin are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Apalachin, 2013 → 2023: 286 → 343. 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 Apalachin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Apalachin work
Where Apalachin clocks in
19% of workers
18% of workers
10% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Apalachin
On a workday 1,187 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Apalachin on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Apalachin
About 19% 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.
Apalachin and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Apalachin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apalachin | – | — | — | 16 min | $81,337 |
| Tioga Terrace | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tioga Terrace: 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 Apalachin’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 Apalachin: questions
What is the median household income in Apalachin?
$81,337 (±$19,081) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Apalachin?
13.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Apalachin?
16 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Apalachin work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owego (19%, 2 mi), Union (18%, 8 mi), Binghamton (10%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Apalachin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Apalachin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Apalachin
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.