Photo: Dr. Blazer · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Celoron has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 806 people come in to work
Measured by household income, Celoron is behind 85% of U.S. towns. Employers in Celoron report 815 jobs for 401 working residents. Celoron 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
What sets Celoron apart on work
Much of Celoron works one town over
49% of working residents work in a town that borders Celoron: Jamestown (32%) and Ellicott (17%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Celoron are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 153 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Celoron is where the jobs are
Celoron has 815 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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 401 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Celoron’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Celoron is better than 19% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Celoron’s grade up (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($51,964, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.8%) is left out: Celoron’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, Celoron could be anywhere from D to B−.
Commuting from Celoron: about 13 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Celoron workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 479 commuters (the 14% 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 and out of Celoron on a workday
On a workday 392 residents head out to work and 9 work right here.
About 1,500 people are in Celoron on a workday afternoon, 39% more 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 daily trip into Celoron
Where Celoron clocks in
32% of workers
17% 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.
Most jobs in Celoron are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Celoron, 2013 → 2023: 286 → 815. 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 Celoron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Celoron’s commute, mile by mile
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.
In Celoron, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Celoron is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 559 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). 9.1% of Celoron households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Celoron’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Celoron comes 2,143rd on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,141 | Preston Township PA | 1,013 | $71K | 11.8% | 1.8% | 7% | C− |
| 2,142 | Fort Dick CA | 1,365 | $71K | 15.6% | 13.2% | 2% | C− |
| 2,143 | Celoron NY | 1,049 | $52K | 16.6% | 5.8% | 2% | C− |
| 2,144 | Clark Township IN | 1,087 | $64K | 10.2% | 7.6% | 1% | C− |
| 2,145 | Grandview OK | 1,251 | $74K | 18.5% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Celoron, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
49% of Celoron works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Jamestown (32%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Celoron workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celoron | – | C− | B | 13 min | $51,964 |
| Ellicott | 17% | B− | C+ | 16 min | $60,880 |
| Jamestown West | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Jamestown | 32% | D | A | 15 min | $43,523 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jamestown West: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Celoron’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 Celoron: questions
What is the median household income in Celoron?
$51,964 (±$21,488) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Celoron?
16.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Celoron?
13 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Celoron work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (32%, 2 mi), Ellicott (17%, 3 mi), Busti (9%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Celoron walkable?
Celoron is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Celoron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Celoron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Celoron
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.