Diana’s household incomes are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Diana are D for jobs and income and C for walkability. 11.5% of residents live below the poverty line, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. For 4% of workers, the job is at home; New York has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Diana: the gist
Diana makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Diana are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Diana residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Few Diana workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 553 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Diana’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Diana is better than 14% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Diana’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Diana’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, Diana could be anywhere from D− to C+.
In Diana, 45% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
337 jobs are based in Diana.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Diana, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 337. 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 Diana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way, about the NY average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Diana workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 615 commuters (the 4% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Diana
On a workday 527 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 311 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Diana on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Lowville
Where Diana clocks in
12% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Diana
About 27% 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 Diana, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Diana is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 641 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 Diana households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Diana’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Diana is 4,806th among 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,804 | Jennings Township IN | 1,461 | $49K | 16.4% | 6.6% | 5% | D |
| 4,805 | Dayton NY | 1,637 | $69K | 18.3% | 1.4% | 3% | D |
| 4,806 | Diana NY | 1,607 | $59K | 11.5% | 2.1% | 5% | D |
| 4,807 | Butler Township OH | 1,193 | $59K | 26.2% | 2.6% | 1% | D |
| 4,808 | Monroe Township PA | 1,414 | $58K | 11.2% | 2.0% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Diana, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 17% of Diana’s workers
The biggest share goes to Croghan (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Diana workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana | – | D | C | 33 min | $58,929 |
| Wilna | 5% | D | B− | 24 min | $60,213 |
| Pitcairn | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Croghan | 12% | C | C | 22 min | $72,220 |
| Natural Bridge | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Fowler | under 2% | D | D | 26 min | $49,875 |
| Antwerp | under 2% | C | C− | 27 min | $74,274 |
| Fine | under 2% | D | B− | 23 min | $59,861 |
| Webb | under 2% | B+ | C | 30 min | $107,641 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pitcairn: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Natural Bridge: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Diana’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 Diana: questions
What is the median household income in Diana?
$58,929 (±$10,336) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Diana?
11.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Diana?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Diana work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lowville (16%, 22 mi), Croghan (12%, 10 mi), Watertown (9%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Diana walkable?
Diana is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Diana 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 Diana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Diana
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.