Photo: M.E. Granger, Photographer · Public domainMost of Canastota commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
885 jobs are based in Canastota; 1,881 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Canastota is better than 56% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (B). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Canastota
Commutes from Canastota are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Canastota and Lenox trade workers both ways
Lenox is the top workplace for Canastota residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Canastota come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Canastota than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Canastota fell from 1,405 in 2013 to 885 in 2023, −37%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
The figures behind Canastota’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Canastota’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Canastota could be anywhere from C to A−.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canastota workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,082 commuters (the 6% 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.
16% of working residents work in Lenox
Where Canastota clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Canastota: what the 885 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canastota, 2013 → 2023: 1,405 → 885. 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 Canastota’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Canastota by day and by night
On a workday 1,732 residents head out to work, 149 work right here, and 736 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Canastota on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Half of Canastota commutes less than 17 miles
About 18% 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.
The commute in Canastota is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,223 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). 8.1% of Canastota households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Canastota’s commuters take a bus or train.
Canastota next to U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900: 1,809th of 3,908 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,807 | Pea Ridge FL | 3,560 | $60K | 8.1% | 2.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,808 | Potterville MI | 3,135 | $65K | 11.4% | 3.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,809 | Canastota NY | 4,400 | $74K | 10.8% | 3.4% | 8% | B |
| 1,810 | Peshtigo WI | 3,423 | $67K | 9.4% | 0.9% | 14% | B |
| 1,811 | Grand River Township MO | 3,258 | $78K | 8.8% | 2.4% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Canastota, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Canastota: questions
What is the median household income in Canastota?
$74,015 (±$12,684) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canastota?
10.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canastota?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canastota work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lenox (16%, 2 mi), Syracuse (9%, 20 mi), Oneida (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Canastota walkable?
Canastota is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canastota without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canastota, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canastota
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. 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.