Photo: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Chittenango works elsewhere
904 jobs are based in Chittenango for 2,164 working residents. For jobs and income Chittenango is better than 43% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (B−). Only 6% work in Chittenango; the top destination outside it is Syracuse (18%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Chittenango
Commutes from Chittenango 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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Chittenango than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Chittenango fell from 1,230 in 2013 to 904 in 2023, −27%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Chittenango’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Chittenango’s grade up (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chittenango could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How long Chittenango spends getting to work: 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 Chittenango workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,931 commuters (the 8% 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.
33% of the jobs in Chittenango make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chittenango, 2013 → 2023: 1,230 → 904. 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 Chittenango’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Chittenango
On a workday 2,039 residents head out to work, 125 work right here, and 779 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Chittenango on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The places Chittenango commutes to
Where Chittenango clocks in
18% of workers
12% 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 commute from Chittenango, by distance
About 15% 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.
Chittenango is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 2,103 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). 2.3% of Chittenango households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chittenango’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Chittenango is 2,345th of 3,867 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,343 | Vail CO | 4,407 | $99K | 6.4% | 7.4% | 40% | C+ |
| 2,344 | Princess Anne MD | 3,642 | $69K | 22.7% | 5.9% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,345 | Chittenango NY | 4,753 | $71K | 14.6% | 4.2% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,346 | Elsa TX | 5,820 | $42K | 31.8% | 0.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,347 | Mercer Township IL | 3,841 | $71K | 12.3% | 3.5% | 39% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Chittenango, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Chittenango: questions
What is the median household income in Chittenango?
$70,786 (±$6,665) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chittenango?
14.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chittenango?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chittenango work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (18%, 14 mi), DeWitt (12%, 10 mi), Sullivan (12%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chittenango walkable?
Chittenango is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chittenango without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chittenango, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chittenango
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.