U.S. Inspection Station-Trout River, New York · Photo: Wbaron · CC BY-SA 3.0Constable has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Constable D; getting around on foot earns it C−. Employers in Constable report 37 jobs, against 518 working residents. Home is the office for 1% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Constable, in a few figures
Constable is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Constable, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Constable has about 1,000 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Constable works one town over
38% of working residents work in a town that borders Constable: Malone (35%) and Burke (3%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Constable are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 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 518 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Constable’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Constable is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Constable’s grade up ($62,169, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Constable’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Constable could be anywhere from D− to C.
How a workday changes Constable
On a workday 514 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Constable on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Commuting from Constable: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Constable workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 695 commuters (the 1% 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.
35% of working residents work in Malone
Where Constable clocks in
35% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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 jobs make up 62% of work in Constable
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Constable, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 37. 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 Constable’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Constable
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.
Constable is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Constable is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 704 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). 8.8% of Constable households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Constable’s commuters take a bus or train.
Constable is 5,035th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,033 | Martiny Township MI | 1,673 | $52K | 10.7% | 2.9% | 1% | D |
| 5,034 | Masonville NY | 1,227 | $59K | 12.2% | 2.9% | 6% | D |
| 5,035 | Constable NY | 1,498 | $62K | 15.6% | 2.1% | 1% | D |
| 5,036 | North Vacherie LA | 1,905 | $37K | 18.8% | 6.4% | 7% | D |
| 5,037 | Deer Trail CO | 1,755 | $74K | 18.8% | 0.6% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Constable, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Constable and its neighbors: 38% work next door
The biggest share goes to Malone (35%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Constable’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 Constable: questions
What is the median household income in Constable?
$62,169 (±$6,416) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Constable?
15.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Constable?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Constable work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Malone (35%, 13 mi), Chateaugay (11%, 10 mi), Plattsburgh (7%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Constable walkable?
Constable is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Constable 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 Constable, from the people who make the trip.
More of Constable
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.