Photo: Ron Shawley · CC BY 3.0Carlton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26). There are 182 jobs in Carlton, against 1,244 working residents. Carlton grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Carlton: the gist
Carlton is a place people come home to
There are 182 jobs based in Carlton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Carlton has about 1,700 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Carlton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Carlton is Rochester, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (122) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Carlton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carlton is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #525 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Carlton’s grade up ($81,678, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carlton could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Who commutes out of Carlton, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,214 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Carlton on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The distance from Carlton to work
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.
10% of working residents work in Rochester
Where Carlton clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Carlton makes things: 49% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carlton, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 182. 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 Carlton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Carlton: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carlton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,348 commuters (the 10% 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.
In Carlton, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carlton is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #516 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,498 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). 0.0% of Carlton households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Carlton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Carlton places 2,902nd of 4,703 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 11 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,900 | Cheshire MA | 3,180 | $70K | 8.6% | 4.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,901 | Salisbury Township MO | 2,439 | $72K | 11.6% | 3.0% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,902 | Carlton NY | 2,793 | $82K | 11.7% | 5.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,903 | Demorest GA | 2,262 | $78K | 10.9% | 7.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,904 | Deer Lodge MT | 3,025 | $60K | 7.2% | 3.3% | 31% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Carlton, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Carlton’s workers
The biggest share goes to Kendall (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Carlton’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 Carlton: questions
What is the median household income in Carlton?
$81,678 (±$11,721) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carlton?
11.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carlton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carlton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (10%, 32 mi), Albion (8%, 8 mi), Yates (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carlton walkable?
Carlton is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carlton without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carlton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carlton
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.