Conklin Town Hall · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0At 2.8%, unemployment in Conklin is lower than in 73% of U.S. towns
For 4% of workers, the job is at home (New York 15%). The two grades for Conklin are B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in seven work in Conklin itself; outside it, Binghamton draws the most (20%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Conklin and work: the main findings
Conklin trades workers with the towns around it
Conklin has about as many jobs (2,546) as working residents (2,158), but they are mostly different people: 1,867 residents leave for work each day while 2,255 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Conklin are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Conklin are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Conklin and Binghamton trade workers both ways
Binghamton is the top workplace for Conklin residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Conklin come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
43% of the jobs in Conklin are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Few Conklin workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
The four measures behind Conklin’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Conklin is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #376 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Conklin’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($66,356, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Conklin could be anywhere from C− to A.
Who leaves Conklin for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,867 residents head out to work, 291 work right here, and 2,255 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 20 minutes to work from Conklin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Conklin workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,284 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where Conklin goes to work
Where Conklin clocks in
20% of workers
14% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 28% of the jobs in Conklin
2,546 jobs are based in Conklin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conklin, 2013 → 2023: 2,886 → 2,546. 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 Conklin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Conklin
About 22% 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 Conklin, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Conklin is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #494 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,379 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). 3.9% of Conklin households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Conklin’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Conklin is 1,801st of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,799 | Coopersville MI | 4,802 | $67K | 9.5% | 4.6% | 12% | B |
| 1,800 | South Point OH | 3,640 | $80K | 13.2% | 0.8% | 7% | B |
| 1,801 | Conklin NY | 4,823 | $66K | 10.1% | 2.8% | 13% | B |
| 1,802 | Paxton IL | 4,323 | $62K | 8.6% | 1.6% | 21% | B |
| 1,803 | China Township MI | 3,530 | $99K | 3.7% | 10.7% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | 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 Conklin, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 25% of Conklin
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Conklin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conklin | – | B | B− | 20 min | $66,356 |
| Kirkwood | 5% | C+ | C+ | 18 min | $58,588 |
| Binghamton | under 2% | B | C− | 18 min | $105,345 |
| Binghamton | 20% | D | A | 19 min | $45,578 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Binghamton. Darker towns draw more of Conklin’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 Conklin: questions
What is the median household income in Conklin?
$66,356 (±$15,370) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Conklin?
10.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Conklin?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Conklin work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Binghamton (20%, 6 mi), Union (14%, 12 mi), Dickinson (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Conklin walkable?
Conklin is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Conklin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Conklin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conklin
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.