Work, pay and getting to work in Dalton
Commuters spend 41 minutes getting to work on average; the New York average is 33, the U.S. 26. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, against 15% across New York. Only 4% work in Dalton; the top destination outside it is Nunda (13%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Dalton
On a workday 143 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 142 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 (0.99 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Dalton work
Where Dalton clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
What Dalton’s employers do
148 jobs are based in Dalton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dalton, 2014 → 2024: 172 → 148. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dalton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 41 minutes to work from Dalton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dalton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 228 commuters (the 3% 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.
Miles to work from Dalton
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Dalton: questions
What is the median household income in Dalton?
$73,949 (±$2,600) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dalton?
8.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dalton?
41 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dalton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nunda (13%, 4 mi), Rochester (11%, 47 mi), Geneseo (11%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dalton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dalton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dalton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.