Most of Catlin commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Catlin report 96 jobs, and 958 of its residents work somewhere. Catlin grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 5% 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
Jobs and commuting in Catlin: the gist
Catlin is a place people come home to
There are 96 jobs based in Catlin, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Catlin has about 1,600 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Catlin works one town over
28% of working residents work in a town that borders Catlin: Horseheads (16%), Big Flats (8%) and Dix (4%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Catlin 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 958 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Catlin’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Catlin is better than 44% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Catlin’s grade up ($80,956, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Catlin could be anywhere from C− to A−.
In and out of Catlin on a workday
On a workday 946 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Catlin 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.
Getting to work from Catlin takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Catlin workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,143 commuters (the 5% 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 Horseheads
Where Catlin clocks in
16% of workers
14% 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.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in Catlin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Catlin, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 96. 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 Catlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Catlin
About 16% 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.
Driving is how Catlin gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Catlin is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,205 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.4% of Catlin households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Catlin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Catlin ranks 2,618th of 5,207 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 8 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,616 | Galena KS | 2,788 | $49K | 13.0% | 1.6% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,617 | Amherst VA | 2,146 | $71K | 9.1% | 0.0% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,618 | Catlin NY | 2,450 | $81K | 8.9% | 5.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,619 | Fairview Township PA | 1,943 | $83K | 9.3% | 1.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,620 | Sheboygan Falls WI | 1,838 | $71K | 14.4% | 2.2% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Catlin, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 28% of Catlin’s workers
The biggest share goes to Horseheads (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Catlin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catlin | – | C+ | D | 24 min | $80,956 |
| Veteran | under 2% | C+ | D | 23 min | $65,341 |
| Big Flats | 8% | B+ | C− | 17 min | $87,044 |
| Dix | 4% | D | A− | 20 min | $53,668 |
| Horseheads | 16% | C+ | B− | 19 min | $68,990 |
| Hornby | under 2% | B | D | 21 min | $88,281 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Catlin’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 Catlin: questions
What is the median household income in Catlin?
$80,956 (±$19,699) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Catlin?
8.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Catlin?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Catlin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Horseheads (16%, 8 mi), Elmira (14%, 10 mi), Corning (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Catlin walkable?
Catlin is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Catlin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Catlin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Catlin
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.