With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Castile works elsewhere
Castile has 101 jobs; 446 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Castile itself; outside it, Warsaw draws the most (12%, 8 miles). For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Castile at work: what stands out
Castile is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Castile, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Castile has about 630 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Castile are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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 446 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Castile on a workday afternoon
On a workday 438 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Castile on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Castile
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Castile workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 332 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.
Commuting out of Castile: the destinations
Where Castile clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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 kinds of work in Castile
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Castile, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 101. 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 Castile’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Castile’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Castile: questions
What is the median household income in Castile?
$54,286 (±$12,120) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Castile?
16.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Castile?
24 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 Castile work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (12%, 8 mi), Perry (11%, 9 mi), Castile (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Castile without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Castile, from the people who make the trip.
More of Castile
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.