Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 2.0 jobs in Falconer for every working resident, and 1,746 people commute in
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, next to 15% for New York as a whole. 1,832 jobs are based in Falconer, and 933 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Falconer are C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Falconer and work: the main findings
Falconer and Jamestown trade workers both ways
Jamestown is the top workplace for Falconer residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Falconer come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Falconer is where the jobs are
Falconer has 1,832 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,100 people are in town, 41% more than the 2,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Falconer makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Falconer are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Falconer residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
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 933 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Falconer’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Falconer is better than 44% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Falconer’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($60,056, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Falconer could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Where Falconer’s workers come from
Where Falconer clocks in
27% of workers
21% 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.
Who works in Falconer, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 847 residents head out to work and 86 work right here.
About 3,100 people are in Falconer on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.
2.0 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.
Goods jobs make up 57% of work in Falconer
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Falconer, 2013 → 2023: 1,503 → 1,832. 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 Falconer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Falconer takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Falconer workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 943 commuters (the 6% 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 commute from Falconer, by distance
About 22% 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.
Getting around Falconer: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Falconer is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,006 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). 10.2% of Falconer households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Falconer’s commuters take a bus or train.
Falconer next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000: 2,755th of 5,641 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,753 | Gilman IL | 1,681 | $71K | 6.1% | 6.8% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,754 | Valentine NE | 2,635 | $57K | 9.1% | 0.0% | 46% | C+ |
| 2,755 | Falconer NY | 2,210 | $60K | 10.9% | 3.5% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,756 | Norway Township MI | 1,524 | $91K | 9.0% | 1.2% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,757 | Hamiltonban Township PA | 2,347 | $91K | 14.4% | 3.8% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | 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 Falconer, 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 Falconer: questions
What is the median household income in Falconer?
$60,056 (±$6,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Falconer?
10.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Falconer?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Falconer work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (27%, 2 mi), Ellicott (21%, 2 mi), Busti (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Falconer walkable?
Falconer is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Falconer without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Falconer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Falconer
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.