Photo: Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and the daily commute in Dannemora
3% of workers work from home, next to 15% for New York as a whole. The two grades for Dannemora are C for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 7% work in Dannemora itself; outside it, Plattsburgh draws the most (14%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dannemora at work: what stands out
Jobs in Dannemora have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Dannemora went from 398 in 2013 to 966 in 2023, +143%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Dannemora are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 868 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Dannemora’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dannemora is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #588 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Dannemora’s grade up ($77,829, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Dannemora’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dannemora could be anywhere from D to B.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Dannemora
966 jobs are based in Dannemora.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dannemora, 2013 → 2023: 398 → 966. 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 Dannemora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dannemora’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dannemora workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 530 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.
Where in the region Dannemora works
About 35% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 811 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 909 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 (1.11 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.
Where Dannemora goes to work
Where Dannemora clocks in
14% of workers
13% 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.
In Dannemora, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dannemora is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #503 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 546 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). 8.7% of Dannemora households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dannemora’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400, Dannemora ranks 3,182nd of 4,453 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,180 | Bicknell IN | 2,982 | $52K | 14.2% | 2.6% | 8% | C |
| 3,181 | Cleveland Township IN | 3,383 | $61K | 16.9% | 4.5% | 10% | C |
| 3,182 | Dannemora NY | 3,291 | $78K | 12.0% | 6.5% | 7% | C |
| 3,183 | Milaca MN | 3,041 | $50K | 16.9% | 3.1% | 19% | C |
| 3,184 | Landrum SC | 2,865 | $44K | 19.5% | 2.7% | 9% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Dannemora, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Dannemora and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Ellenburg (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dannemora workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dannemora | – | C | B− | 21 min | $77,829 |
| Saranac | under 2% | B− | D− | 22 min | $82,500 |
| Bellmont | under 2% | C− | D | 25 min | $70,250 |
| Beekmantown | under 2% | B− | D | 22 min | $87,162 |
| Ellenburg | 6% | C− | D | 34 min | $73,125 |
| Altona | under 2% | D− | D− | 27 min | $51,367 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dannemora’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 Dannemora: questions
What is the median household income in Dannemora?
$77,829 (±$17,699) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dannemora?
12.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dannemora?
21 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 Dannemora work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plattsburgh (14%, 16 mi), Plattsburgh (13%, 18 mi), Malone (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dannemora walkable?
Dannemora is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dannemora 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 Dannemora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dannemora
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.