Photo: Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Dannemora works elsewhere
Employers in Dannemora report 35 jobs, against 718 working residents. Jobs and income earn Dannemora C−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Hardly any work in Dannemora; the top destination outside it is Plattsburgh (16%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Dannemora, in brief
Dannemora is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Dannemora, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dannemora has about 1,900 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Dannemora than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Dannemora fell from 336 in 2013 to 35 in 2023, −90%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Dannemora are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 130 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 718 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Dannemora’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dannemora is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #676 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Dannemora’s grade up (13.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (9.5%) 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+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Dannemora
On a workday 717 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Dannemora on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Dannemora
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dannemora, 2013 → 2023: 336 → 35. 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.
How long Dannemora spends getting to work: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 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 357 commuters (the 9% 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.
Commuting out of Dannemora: the destinations
Where Dannemora clocks in
16% of workers
14% of workers
5% 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.
How far Dannemora’s workers travel
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.
In Dannemora, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dannemora is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #682 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 392 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). 4.5% 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 1,800 to 3,500, Dannemora ranks 4,076th of 5,083 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,074 | Union Point GA | 1,856 | $62K | 13.1% | 0.6% | 6% | C− |
| 4,075 | Rush City MN | 3,300 | $59K | 13.3% | 6.7% | 12% | C− |
| 4,076 | Dannemora NY | 2,562 | $62K | 13.8% | 9.5% | <1% | C− |
| 4,077 | Kane PA | 3,463 | $52K | 9.7% | 5.7% | 29% | C− |
| 4,078 | Springfield Township OH | 1,947 | $61K | 12.7% | 1.9% | 15% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
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?
$62,411 (±$48,952) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dannemora?
13.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dannemora?
16 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dannemora work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plattsburgh (16%, 10 mi), Plattsburgh (14%, 13 mi), Malone (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dannemora walkable?
Dannemora is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dannemora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.