Photo: J. Passepartout · CC BY-SA 4.0Caton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The two grades for Caton are B for jobs and income and D for walkability. 85 jobs are based in Caton, and 820 of its residents work somewhere. Measured by household income, Caton is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Caton, in brief
Caton is a place people come home to
There are 85 jobs based in Caton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Caton has about 1,300 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Caton are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 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 820 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Caton’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Caton is better than 56% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Caton’s grade up ($110,536, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Caton could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who leaves Caton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 809 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Caton on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Caton’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 898 commuters (the 9% 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.
20% of working residents work in Corning
Where Caton clocks in
20% of workers
14% of workers
10% 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 Caton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caton, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 85. 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 Caton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Caton
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.
Most trips from Caton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Caton is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Caton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 986 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). 2.3% of Caton households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Caton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Caton ranks 1,909th of 5,509 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,907 | Finley Township IN | 1,513 | $131K | 17.1% | 1.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,908 | Middleton NH | 1,863 | $102K | 5.8% | 4.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,909 | Caton NY | 2,023 | $111K | 5.0% | 7.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,910 | Keene Township OH | 1,703 | $73K | 3.8% | 14.6% | <1% | B |
| 1,911 | Boutte LA | 2,027 | $68K | 11.1% | 13.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Caton, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
12% of Caton works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Corning (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Caton’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 Caton: questions
What is the median household income in Caton?
$110,536 (±$32,870) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caton?
5.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corning (20%, 7 mi), Erwin (14%, 9 mi), Corning (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Caton walkable?
Caton is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Caton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caton
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.