Photo: Jennifer · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 3.1 jobs in Dickinson for every working resident, and 5,537 people commute in
5,737 jobs are based in Dickinson for 1,835 working residents. For jobs and income Dickinson is better than 64% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in ten work in Dickinson itself; outside it, Binghamton draws the most (21%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dickinson, in a few figures
Commutes from Dickinson are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Dickinson has far more jobs than workers
Dickinson has 5,737 jobs, 3.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 8,900 people are in town, 78% more than the 5,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Much of Dickinson works one town over
46% of working residents work in a town that borders Dickinson: Binghamton (21%), Union (16%) and Chenango (4%). Next door ↓
Nearly all the work in Dickinson is services
95% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Most Dickinson residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. 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.
How Dickinson earns its Jobs & income grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Dickinson’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dickinson could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Commuting from Dickinson: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dickinson workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,826 commuters (the 14% 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 Dickinson
On a workday 1,635 residents head out to work and 200 work right here.
About 8,900 people are in Dickinson on a workday afternoon, 78% more than live here.
3.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Services make up most of the work in Dickinson
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dickinson, 2013 → 2023: 4,756 → 5,737. 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 Dickinson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Dickinson’s workers travel
About 24% 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.
Commuting in to Dickinson: where workers come from
Where Dickinson clocks in
21% of workers
16% of workers
6% 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.
Dickinson is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,134 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). 7.3% of Dickinson households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Dickinson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800, Dickinson ranks 1,448th of 3,758 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 22 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,446 | Sandown NH | 6,753 | $135K | 10.8% | 4.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,447 | Adams NY | 4,826 | $79K | 7.3% | 0.6% | 9% | B |
| 1,448 | Dickinson NY | 5,027 | $78K | 8.5% | 3.6% | 11% | B |
| 1,449 | Jackson Township PA | 4,076 | $81K | 5.5% | 3.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,450 | Waterbury VT | 5,434 | $104K | 7.9% | 3.4% | 16% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | 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 Dickinson, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 46% of Dickinson’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dickinson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson | – | B | C+ | 17 min | $77,864 |
| Binghamton | 21% | D | A | 19 min | $45,578 |
| Union | 16% | C | A− | 18 min | $61,713 |
| Johnson City | under 3% | C− | A | 17 min | $56,283 |
| Chenango | 4% | C+ | C− | 24 min | $86,646 |
| Port Dickinson | under 3% | B− | C+ | 22 min | $69,375 |
| Fenton | 2% | C+ | C | 21 min | $73,162 |
| Kirkwood | 3% | C+ | C+ | 18 min | $58,588 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Binghamton. Darker towns draw more of Dickinson’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 Dickinson: questions
What is the median household income in Dickinson?
$77,864 (±$14,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dickinson?
8.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dickinson?
17 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dickinson work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Binghamton (21%, 2 mi), Union (16%, 6 mi), Vestal (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dickinson walkable?
Dickinson is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dickinson without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dickinson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dickinson
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.