Nichols has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
6% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%). 40 jobs are based in Nichols for 186 working residents. Hardly any work in Nichols; the top destination outside it is Owego (25%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Nichols on a workday
On a workday 186 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Nichols on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where the trip to work from Nichols ends
Where Nichols clocks in
25% of workers
9% 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.
What Nichols’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nichols, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 40. 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 Nichols’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes to work from Nichols
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nichols workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 234 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.
How far it is to work from Nichols
About 19% 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.
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 Nichols: questions
What is the median household income in Nichols?
$66,250 (±$21,259) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nichols?
1.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nichols?
18 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 Nichols work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owego (25%, 10 mi), Union (9%, 19 mi), Nichols (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nichols without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nichols, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nichols
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.