Trinity Church · Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Constantia commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 6% work in Constantia; the top destination outside it is Syracuse (17%, 18 miles). 346 jobs are based in Constantia for 1,935 working residents. The two grades for Constantia are D for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Constantia: the figures worth knowing
A longer commute than the towns next door
Constantia averages 37 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (20 to 31 minutes). Next door ↓
Constantia is a place people come home to
There are 346 jobs based in Constantia, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Constantia has about 3,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Constantia makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Constantia are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Constantia residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. 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.
Why Constantia gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Constantia is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #695 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Constantia’s grade up ($69,792, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (8.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Constantia could be anywhere from D− to B−.
The daily flow of workers through Constantia
On a workday 1,814 residents head out to work, 121 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Constantia on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
A place that makes things: 35% of Constantia’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Constantia, 2013 → 2023: 374 → 346. 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 Constantia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Constantia’s residents
Where Constantia clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
Time on the road from Constantia: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Constantia workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,719 commuters (the 17% 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.
The commute from Constantia, by distance
About 19% 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 Constantia, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,062 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). 3.7% of Constantia households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Constantia’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Constantia is 3,294th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,292 | Paintsville KY | 4,111 | $28K | 32.9% | 3.0% | 30% | D |
| 3,293 | Charleroi PA | 4,112 | $43K | 30.8% | 7.1% | 12% | D |
| 3,294 | Constantia NY | 4,802 | $70K | 18.1% | 8.1% | 6% | D |
| 3,295 | Three Points AZ | 5,254 | $57K | 15.3% | 4.8% | 5% | D |
| 3,296 | Vidalia LA | 3,925 | $48K | 18.7% | 5.3% | 21% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Constantia, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Constantia
The biggest share goes to Cicero (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Constantia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constantia | – | D | D | 37 min | $69,792 |
| Cicero | 8% | B+ | B− | 20 min | $96,463 |
| Sullivan | under 2% | B | C | 26 min | $80,948 |
| Vienna | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 28 min | $83,244 |
| Amboy | under 2% | D | D | 31 min | $65,234 |
| West Monroe | under 2% | B | D | 26 min | $90,558 |
| Camden | under 2% | C+ | B− | 29 min | $62,394 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Constantia’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 Constantia: questions
What is the median household income in Constantia?
$69,792 (±$15,269) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Constantia?
18.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Constantia?
37 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Constantia work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (17%, 18 mi), DeWitt (10%, 15 mi), Cicero (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Constantia walkable?
Constantia is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Constantia 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 Constantia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Constantia
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.