Where Calcium earns its living
<1% of workers work from home (New York 15%). Only 3% work in Calcium itself; outside it, Watertown draws the most (27%, 6 miles). Working residents average 17 minutes each way, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Calcium: the gist
Commutes from Calcium are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Calcium and Watertown trade workers both ways
Watertown is the top workplace for Calcium residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Calcium come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Calcium
51% of Calcium residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 20% of the jobs based in Calcium pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. 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; with 905 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Calcium’s commute takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calcium workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,819 commuters (the <1% 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.
Where Calcium goes to work
Where Calcium 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.
Inside Calcium’s 695 jobs
695 jobs are based in Calcium.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calcium, 2013 → 2023: 571 → 695. 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 Calcium’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Calcium on a workday
On a workday 876 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 666 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Calcium goes to work
About 33% 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.
How Calcium compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Pamelia (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Calcium workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcium | – | — | — | 17 min | $57,668 |
| Fort Drum | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Pamelia | 5% | B− | D | 19 min | $66,850 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fort Drum: 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 Calcium’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 Calcium: questions
What is the median household income in Calcium?
$57,668 (±$12,970) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calcium?
17.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calcium?
17 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calcium work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watertown (27%, 6 mi), Watertown (9%, 8 mi), Le Ray (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Calcium without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Calcium, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calcium
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.