Most of Nanticoke commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Nanticoke C−; getting around on foot earns it C. Nanticoke has 67 jobs, against 619 working residents. 5% of workers have no commute at all, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Nanticoke and work: the main findings
Nanticoke is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Nanticoke, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Nanticoke has about 1,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Nanticoke are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 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 619 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Nanticoke’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Nanticoke is better than 24% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Nanticoke’s grade.
Unemployment (6.8%) is left out: Nanticoke’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, Nanticoke could be anywhere from D to B−.
Nanticoke on a workday afternoon
On a workday 606 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Nanticoke on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Nanticoke
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nanticoke workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 681 commuters (the 5% 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 towns that employ Nanticoke’s residents
Where Nanticoke clocks in
15% of workers
10% 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.
Goods jobs make up 34% of work in Nanticoke
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nanticoke, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 67. 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 Nanticoke’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Nanticoke commutes
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.
For most of Nanticoke, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nanticoke is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 717 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). 9.9% of Nanticoke households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nanticoke’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Nanticoke is 3,762nd among 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,760 | Grant Township MO | 1,412 | $71K | 12.1% | 1.6% | 6% | C− |
| 3,761 | Steuben NY | 1,107 | $66K | 11.6% | 3.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,762 | Nanticoke NY | 1,564 | $69K | 14.6% | 6.8% | 2% | C− |
| 3,763 | Orwell VT | 1,250 | $70K | 10.8% | 5.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,764 | Fort Denaud FL | 1,639 | $56K | 7.7% | 6.5% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Nanticoke, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to Nanticoke
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nanticoke workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanticoke | – | C− | C | 23 min | $69,432 |
| Maine | under 3% | C | D | 20 min | $69,115 |
| Barker | under 3% | C− | D | 27 min | $64,348 |
| Lisle | under 3% | D | C+ | 28 min | $69,375 |
| Berkshire | under 3% | C+ | D | 35 min | $74,881 |
| Newark Valley | under 3% | B− | D | 29 min | $80,938 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nanticoke’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 Nanticoke: questions
What is the median household income in Nanticoke?
$69,432 (±$13,318) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nanticoke?
14.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nanticoke?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nanticoke work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Union (15%, 11 mi), Triangle (11%, 7 mi), Binghamton (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nanticoke walkable?
Nanticoke is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nanticoke without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nanticoke, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nanticoke
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.