Photo: Fwgoebel · CC BY-SA 3.0Caroga has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Caroga is better than 30% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−). 105 jobs are based in Caroga for 383 working residents. 4% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Caroga at work: what stands out
Caroga is a place people come home to
There are 105 jobs based in Caroga, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Few Caroga workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 383 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Caroga
The poverty rate holds Caroga’s grade up (7.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Caroga’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Caroga could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily commute in and out of Caroga
On a workday 361 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Caroga on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
How long Caroga spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caroga workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 454 commuters (the 4% 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.
12% of working residents work in Johnstown
Where Caroga clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
What Caroga’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caroga, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 105. 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 Caroga’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Caroga works
About 23% 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.
Caroga is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 471 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). 5.5% of Caroga households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Caroga’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Caroga is 2,719th among 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,717 | Brampton Township MI | 1,028 | $80K | 10.6% | 4.9% | <1% | C |
| 2,718 | Rush Lake Township MN | 1,073 | $75K | 10.1% | 6.2% | 1% | C |
| 2,719 | Caroga NY | 1,238 | $65K | 7.4% | 1.6% | 6% | C |
| 2,720 | Saline Township OH | 1,120 | $91K | 16.7% | 8.1% | 6% | C |
| 2,721 | Lake Tomahawk WI | 1,162 | $70K | 7.9% | 3.2% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Caroga, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to Caroga
The biggest share goes to Johnstown (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Caroga workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroga | – | C | D− | 33 min | $65,395 |
| Bleecker | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Johnstown | 3% | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $97,283 |
| Stratford | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Arietta | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Ephratah | under 3% | C | D | 32 min | $80,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bleecker, Stratford and Arietta: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Caroga’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 Caroga: questions
What is the median household income in Caroga?
$65,395 (±$18,222) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caroga?
7.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caroga?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caroga work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Johnstown (12%, 12 mi), Gloversville (9%, 11 mi), Colonie (6%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Caroga walkable?
Caroga is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Caroga without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caroga, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caroga
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.